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 ...

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 ...

As any developer knows, the technology industry is defined by innovation discoveries and new emerging solutions. One of the most popular growing movements in current times is the switch to NoSQL ...

The articles on NoSQL databases in Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge column appearing in recent issues of LJ have been enjoyable. Because this is the Enterprise issue, I think it would be helpful to ...

There has been a lot of interest lately in NoSQL databases and, of course, many of us have strong backgrounds and experience in traditional relational "SQL" databases. For application developers this ...

I was quite surprised to see a recent Slashdot post titled "SQL vs. NoSQL: Which is Better?" My first thought was: "Really? Hasn't this already been settled?" The politically correct answer to the ...

In the beginning, there were files. Later there were navigational databases based on structured files. Then there were IMS and CODASYL, and around 40 years ago we had some of the first relational ...

The market is abuzz with terms like NoSQL, Big Data, NewSQL, Database Appliance, etc. Often, IT decision makers can get very confused with all the noise. They do not understand why they should ...

Apache Phoenix is a relatively new open source Java project that provides a JDBC driver and SQL access to Hadoop’s NoSQL database: HBase. It was created as an internal project at Salesforce, open ...

Many embedded applications require a database of sorts, but the type can vary widely from ISAM (Indexed Sequential Access Method) to SQL (structure query language). While SQL is readily available on ...