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When should you use a document vs relational vs graph database? [closed]
For the purposes of discussion let's consider a FourSquare scenario.
Scenario
Entities:
Users
Places
Relationships:
Checkins: users <-> places, many to many
Friends: users <-> users, ...
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How do document-oriented databases implement references?
In relational world we have Foreign Keys to reference other entities. But how do document-oriented databases like MongoDb, CouchDb, RavenDb implement references among entities?
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NoSQL Document Database as a Message Queue
I am considering using a NoSQL Document database as a messaging queue.
Here is why:
I want a client to post a message (some serialized object) to the server and not have to wait for a synchronous ...
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Design considerations on JSON schema for scalars with a consistent attachment property
I'm trying to create a JSON schema for the results of doing statistical analysis based on disparate pieces of data.
The current schema I have looks something like this:
{
// Basic key ...
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What is the recommended MongoDB schema for this quiz-engine scenario?
I'm working on a quiz engine for learning a foreign language. The engine shows users four images simultaneously and then plays an audio file. The user has to match the audio to the correct image. ...
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Is OrientDB document-database? or graph-database?
Some document says OrientDB is document-database, some others talks it's graph-database. What's right?
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Would this data requirement suit a Document -Oriented database?
I have a requirement to allow users to fill in journal/diary entries per day.
I want to provide a handful of known journal templates with x columns to fill in. An example might be a thought diary; a ...
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Storing documents in Database vs CMS in JSF, Seam, Hibernate application on cloud
I am about to start with an application using JSF 2, Seam 3, Hibernate and Hibernate search with the following characteristics:
Users will be uploading documents (pdf, doc).
There can be millions of ...
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How do I capture a bunch of web pages or pdfs found online and store them in a database on my machine? [closed]
I am doing a research project and I need to create a database (initially just on a local machine), of a bunch of web pages and pdfs, probably thousands of them but not likely to be e.g. 100,000, of ...
