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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

NoSQL did away with standards. MongoDB does not use SQL as a primary language. When MongoDB’s closest competitor Couchbase was looking for a query language to replace their Java-based mapreduce ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: The database world was a boring but a calm place when just a few names from the Relational Royalty and SQL folks ruled the space. Things however started to shake with the influx ...