The SQL language served as a universal language for data­base manipulation from the mid-1980s until NoSQL data­bases started gaining strength about 12 years ago. However, after a short period in the ...

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 Query Capability - Enables SQL queries on NoSQL Cassandra data. Cassandra 2.x Compatibility - Leverages the faster performance and improved security of Cassandra V2.x.

CrateDB gets two major advantages from the NoSQL side. One is support for unstructured data via JSON documents and BLOB storage, with JSON data queryable through SQL as well.

In previous columns, we've noted that the SQL language is in the ascendant. New SQL native databases such as CockroachDB and Yugabyte are showing robust adoption, while non-relational (NoSQL) ...