The NoSQL database gets its name from what it isn’t: It’s a database that does not use Structured Query Language (SQL) to access the data. Some of the well-known databases, such as Oracle and ...

NoSQL is a whole new way of thinking about a database. Though NoSQL is not a relational database, the reality is that a relational database model may not be the best solution for all situations.

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale. One of the most fundamental choices to make when developing ...

The Oracle NoSQL Database clearly came from a development team with experience in open source tradition. The only installation headache I had went away when I changed localhost to 127.0.0.1.

NoSQL solutions emerged as a reaction to frustration with the cost and inflexibility of legacy RDBMS products like Oracle and IBM DB2, which use SQL as a query language. The original NoSQL systems ...