SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge.

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 ...

NoSQL databases did scale much, much better than Oracle Database, DB2, or SQL Server, which are all based on a 40-year-old design. However, each type of NoSQL database had new restrictions: ...

This article on SQL and NoSQL comparison will throw light on the debate on advantages and limitations on each. SQL database is a relational database. The basic quality of NoSQL is that it may not ...

It's not so much a black and white, SQL vs. NoSQL situation, of course: TokBox still kept SQL databases around. That's where his team fed portions of Hadoop output for analysts to query more easily.

SQL: Structured Query Language, also used to refer to databases that use SQL as their query language. NoSQL: used to refer to a class of databases that are non-relational and do not use SQL as their ...

Although NoSQL has generated some noise of late, SQL continues to win in the marketplace and continues to earn investment and adoption throughout the big data problem space.

So-called “NoSQL” technology seems to run counter to those strengths. But in reality, NoSQL is building momentum of its own, and providing the familiarity and power of SQL is how it’s being ...

In the end, Chamberlin finds the NoSQL world has more similarities to the SQL world than might be obvious at first glance. “I think what people are trying to do is to preserve the investment in SQL ...

But as technological lines blur, there's not always a clear cut answer. Read the whole story ...