If they call it a NoSQL database, why would you want to run SQL queries on it? Counterintuitive as it sounds, that’s exactly the idea being explored by a company called Splice Machine.

That’s where NoSQL stepped in to fill the scalability void. It’s gotten to a point where many perceive the advent of NoSQL databases have sounded the death knell for relational ones.

Some NoSQL products can use SQL-like syntax to work with data, but only to a limited extent. For example, Apache Cassandra, a wide column store, has its own SQL-like language, the Cassandra Query ...

NoSQL databases are a broad category of database systems that do not follow the relational model or use SQL as their primary query language. They are designed to handle data that is not easily ...

Why NoSQL is shaking up the database market. News. ... Adrian Carr, VP of database specialist MarkLogic, spoke to us about how new technologies like Not Only SQL, or NoSQL, ...

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 ...

NoSQL solutions emerged as a reaction to frustration with the cost and inflexibility of legacy RDBMS products like Oracle and IBM DB2, which use SQL as a query language. The original NoSQL systems ...

Couchbase’s SQL query language, called N1QL, is now ready for business in the beta of Couchbase Server 4.0, the company announced today. While Couchbase isn’t giving up on NoSQL concepts or ...

When, Where & Why to Use NoSQL? Using NoSQL does not necessarily involve scrapping your existing RDBMS and starting from scratch. NoSQL should be thought of as a tool that can be used to solve the new ...

The last time I was evaluating NoSQL databases I ended up sticking with a relational database. I’m evaluating them again today and this time I’m pretty sure I’ll have to actually choose one.