Some NoSQL databases focus on speed, some on scale, while others aim at relationships or offline use. The right choice depends on how your ...

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Talking about SQL database, the basic concept is that; it is a Relational database. Yes! SQL database is a relational database. So what exactly is a relational database? A relational database strictly ...

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Most students of the web trace the NoSQL movement back to Google and Amazon. As they grew their enormously successful online services, Google and Amazon needed new ways of storing massive amounts of ...

Learn the key differences between relational and NoSQL databases with this in-depth comparison. There’s nothing wrong with the traditional relational database management system. In fact, many NoSQL ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is an XML database? XML databases use XML to model and query data. XML is a ...

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 an ...