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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

However, the success of relational databases could be boiled down to two practical considerations: momentum and the power of the SQL query language. So-called “NoSQL” technology seems to run ...

"The reality is there are a couple of NoSQL variants that ... "We've busted the myth that SQL cannot scale. Certainly, it's true that the traditional relational databases are trapped by their ...

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 ...

Them, and pretty much everyone else in the database world. The convergence of SQL and NoSQL solutions is something that has been going on for a while. A typical way to deal with this requirement ...