Developers rely on JSON -- giving rise to NoSQL document databases. VoltDB CTO Ryan Betts predicts JSON will ultimately be incorporated into relational database software, too The long hegemony of ...

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While relational databases still dominate IT budgets, many new development projects are turning to NoSQL databases, which have emerged in recent years to serve all sorts of interesting use cases.

The core math behind SQL is relational algebra, Carr says, but that simply doesn’t translate to the JSON and NoSQL world. “Relational algebra works quite well, except that one of the baked-in things ...

JSON enables a record to be updated instantly with customer comments, a process that would involve re-indexing a relational database. “SQL statements can run to 20 lines to find a single record.

Couchbase 4.0 elegantly integrates SQL and JSON, maintaining schema-independence while adding support for joins and a range of BI tools.

SQL is orthogonal to data representation and storage. Some SQL systems support JSON and other structured object formats with better performance and more features than NoSQL implementations.