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Why use a database instead of just saving your data to disk?
Instead of a database I just serialize my data to JSON, saving and loading it to disk when necessary. All the data management is made on the program itself, which is faster AND easier than using SQL ...
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When would someone use MongoDB (or similar) over traditional RDMS?
Im a bit confused......the whole NoSQL and such.
When would you choose to use something like MongoDB over something like Oracle or MYSQL?
I dont really understand....the "difference" as far as usage ...
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How do you decide what kind of database to use?
I really dislike the name "NoSQL", because it isn't very descriptive. It tells me what the databases aren't where I'm more interested in what the databases are. I really think that this category ...
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Weaknesses with different types of NoSQL databases
Here's my question: What are the weaknesses with different types of NoSQL databases? Specifically, what're the weaknesses of key-value stores, graph data stores and document stores?
I've had an easy ...
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Learn a NoSQL or become a badass with traditional RDMS - Where is/will the work be? [closed]
New Question Version:
I've got the opportunity to spend 3 months getting good at something, its going to be either a NoSQL technology like Cassandra or optimising relational database systems. I ...
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Writing Web “server less” applications
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What are the prospects of writing applications which are completely based on a REST database server (CouchDB) and web applications which directly access the DB instead of having a web server in ...
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Is MongoDB the right choice in my case?
I'm going to build my first real project in Rails that consist in a web app made of 3 main parts:
The static part where no database is used
The User registration part which will require a database ...
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Are database schema migrations a problem in production environments?
In discussions about NoSQL vs SQL databases, I sometimes hear that companies prefer to use schemaless NoSQL databases because it is problematic to migrate the schema to a new version. But is that ...
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NoSql databases - Decent tutorial/book that covers the concepts
Am looking for a good resource on learning the concepts behind NoSql databases.
Most things I find are related to a specific technology (MongoDb, CouchDB etc) but I'm after all the concepts behind ...
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1answer
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Which NoSQL repository is most suitable for a Twitter-type architecture?
In an upcoming project I need to create a Twitter like web application where the basic idea is to read / write short messages and status updates (similar to tweets) and group these messages (just ...
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1answer
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What is the common approach to component template databases?
My Project:
I have employees who are required to go through a checklist when they encounter a duck, a cat, and a human. In our business, we have a set number of ducks, cats, and humans that come in ...
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Would a NoSQL DB be more efficient than a relational DB for storing JSON objects?
I am using a library that returns a JSON object (as a string, but I think that's standard), and I would like to store the contents of this object into a local database.
I'm fairly fresh-faced in ...
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Why NoSQL over SQL? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When would someone use MongoDB (or similar) over traditional RDMS?
How well the SQL and NoSQL go head-to-head. I read somewhere that SQL databases are not well for data ...
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When and how much should we validate input when working with (C)AP storage?
Herein, we consider a server-client architecture. Suppose we keep the details flexible, but there's more than one layer of servers supporting our hypothetical service. The general question is "When ...
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Rails and Mongoid best way to implement sharing system
I have to model User and Board in rails using mongoid as ODM.
Each board is referenced to an user through a foreign key user_id and now I want to add the ability to share a board with other users.
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