Anorm uses plain SQL to make your database request and provides several API to parse and transform the resulting dataset. Anorm is Not a Object Relational Mapper
Anorm standalone uses sbt 0.10
#in working copy
sbt test publish-local
Then add this to your dependencies "anorm" %% "anorm" % "0.1"
// Inject connection
import play.db.Config._
setConnection((Unit) => {... /* Function returning java.sql.Connection */ })
// Use
import play.db.anorm._
//... as anorm in Play