SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale.

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

A next-generation query language for document databases extends SQL to work with semi-structured data ...

NoSQL is building momentum of its own, and providing the familiarity and power of SQL is how it's being done.

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

NoSQL basics NoSQL solutions emerged as a reaction to frustration with the cost and inflexibility of legacy RDBMS products like Oracle and IBM DB2, which use SQL as a query language. The original ...

The place to be Donald Chamberlin (pictured), the visionary behind SQL, is now championing NoSQL. After celebrating SQL's half-century, he reckons that NoSQL is the way to go for stuff that ...

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 ...

When and how to migrate data from SQL to NoSQL are matters of much debate. It can certainly be a daunting task, but when your SQL systems hit architectural limits or your cloud provider expenses ...

Open source database pioneer Rasmus Johansson shares his views on the current debate around SQL and NoSQL database. Johansson has been VP of Engineering for SkySQL since 2013 and the merger of ...