GraphQL, in spite of its popularity as an API query language, is not going to unseat SQL as the primary language for database access. Anant Jhingran is CEO and cofounder of StepZen. DataDecisionMakers ...

Beyond the graph database space, GraphQL has been adapted to work with a number of SQL databases as well, both in its query and mutation (update) form. This can dramatically cut down on the ...

Some databases offer a GraphQL layer natively as well. For example, Dgraph, FaunaDB, and MongoDB, with the former being based entirely on a GraphQL variation.

Usage of GraphQL, a query language that’s generally leveraged to load data from a server to a client, is exploding. A 2019 survey found that 62.5% of developers want to learn GraphQL.

Hasura, the data access infrastructure company, is adding GraphQL support for MySQL and early access support for SQL Server to its existing support for PostgreSQL, enabling the company to support ...

And while SQL provides standard access to relational databases, GraphQL can be used with any type of database—and it returns JSON documents. The modern approach is to build and deploy microservices as ...

FaunaDB wants to be the all-in-one solution for polyglot persistence in the cloud and on premise, and it just got SQL, GraphQL, and CQL Written by George Anadiotis, Contributor April 9, 2019, 6:51 ...

Dgraph became the first database to natively support GraphQL, and its ability to traverse data with high throughput and low latency has led to it becoming the world’s most popular graph database. Now, ...

With the launch of GraphQL Joins today, developers can now instantly join data from across different GraphQL services to create a unified API that works with multiple databases.