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 ...

Wanderu is powered by MongoDB, a "NoSQL" database—not by Structured Query Language (SQL) calls against traditional tables and rows. But why is that? Is the equation really as simple as "Web ...

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 ...

The name might be short for Not Only SQL, but to be a proper database that can be used by normal enterprises and not just by hyperscalers with their fleets of PhDs, any database, whether it is a ...

As the name suggests, NoSQL databases usually do not use the SQL query language for data access. They use alternative languages which are suited to their data models. Why are NoSQL Databases ...

To SQL or to NoSQL? That’s been a common question ever since NoSQL databases started to make their mark with developers a few years back. Thanks to high-profile success stories like Netflix ...

Open source database pioneer Rasmus Johansson shares his views on the current debate around SQL and NoSQL database. Johansson has been VP of Engineering for SkySQL since 2013 and the merger of ...

By Kaunda ISMAILThis article discusses key tools needed to master, in order to penetrate the data space. Such tools include ...

Yugabyte, the distributed SQL database experts, today announced its support of the new document database-compatible Postgres ...

But none of them are as feature-rich or sophisticated as the best commercial SQL tools. NoSQL databases: Cassandra Facebook needed something fast and cheap to handle the billions of status updates ...