N1QL extends SQL from traditionally operating on tables and rows (tuples) to operate on JSON (nested documents). It’s built on a nested recursive algebra for a nested recursive data model.

Couchbase 4.0 elegantly integrates SQL and JSON, maintaining schema-independence while adding support for joins and a range of BI tools. Couchbase NoSQL Database gets the SQL Religion | ZDNET X ...

It's not so much a black and white, SQL vs. NoSQL situation, of course: TokBox still kept SQL databases around. That's where his team fed portions of Hadoop output for analysts to query more easily.

However, JSON documents are self-describing, which provides N1QL statements with a basis for evaluating SQL column expressions. It’s typical in JSON to embed child documents that would be represented ...

While continuing to push SQL, Oracle makes accommodations for newer technologies, including NoSQL and JSON ...

With the native JSON features in SQL Server 2016, the landscape changes and using SQL Server in an Event Sourcing scenario becomes realistic. However, how would you query JSON from a database table?

SQL is a relatively innocent bystander, but, because SQL is a universal feature of the RDBMS, the term “NoSQL” seemed a catchy and convenient tag for these new breed of databases. And, it’s true that, ...

Chamberlin — who last year said that “JSON looked a little bit like tables,” although you “sort of have to squint” – boiled down the SQL++ extensions that allow SQL to work with JSON data into three ...

With the native JSON features in SQL Server 2016, the landscape changes and using SQL Server in an Event Sourcing scenario becomes realistic. However, how would you query JSON from a database table?