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 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 ...

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 ...

because SQL is a universal feature of the RDBMS, the term “NoSQL” seemed a catchy and convenient tag for these new breed of databases. And, it’s true that, at least initially, these new databases ...

The programming language SQL hit 12th place in the TIOBE Programming Community Index, its lowest position since the rankings ...

But as hot as Postgres has been, NoSQL databases are even hotter ... This may explain why it has been such a dismal year for Microsoft SQL Server. And Oracle. And MySQL. (IBM's DB2 has been ...

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 ...

The modern sense of NoSQL, which dates from 2009, refers to databases that are not built on relational tables, unlike SQL databases. Often, NoSQL databases boast better design flexibility ...

NoSQL and NewSQL databases are popular solutions in the data management space. At VoltDB, we’re sometimes asked to clarify the difference between the two approaches. Here’s what you need to know if ...

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 ...