To SQL or NoSQL? That’s the database question But as technological lines blur, there's not always a clear-cut answer.

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 ...

And, finally, the SQL language can be overused and complex, but this is largely the choice of the developer or adopted standards within an application group. So if most of the perceived weaknesses for ...

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

The Linux Foundation on Monday welcomed Microsoft's DocumentDB into its stable of open source projects, waving the document ...

While the audience was comprised of NoSQL users and developers, many seemed to think Stonebraker’s SQL-friendlier approach had some merit, even if they disagreed on individual points.

The value of SQL Ironically, following the NoSQL hype, the value of SQL-as-a-layer has become immediately valuable to companies and datastores alike.

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 ...

To SQL or to NoSQL? That’s been a common question ever since NoSQL databases started to make their mark with developers a few years back. Thanks to high-profile success stories like Netflix ...

Couchbase Server 4.0 addresses NoSQL’s biggest pain point with SQL-like query language for its document datastore Couchbase might seem like a bit of an outsider in the world of NoSQL datastores ...