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

In this article, author Randal Hoff shows how to use Multi-Record Type pattern to provide both NoSQL and SQL access to c-treeACE data that combines multiple schemas in a single table.

This article on SQL and NoSQL comparison will throw light on the debate on advantages and limitations on each. SQL database is a relational database. The basic quality of NoSQL is that it may not ...

It's been amusing to watch the NoSQL movement transition from a 'We don't need no stinking SQL' attitude to a 'Can I please have some SQL with that?' philosophy. The nonrelational databases that ...

To learn more about what can be done with N1QL visit the Couchbase N1QL tutorial. Building a new language as an extension to SQL provides the advantage of using the same vocabulary and syntax as SQL.

Apache Phoenix is a relatively new open source Java project that provides a JDBC driver and SQL access to Hadoop’s NoSQL database: HBase. It was created as an internal project at Salesforce ...

Navigational databases offer exceptionally rapid data access in exchange for rigorous data structure requirements. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases ...

Object-oriented databases play nicely with object-oriented programming languages. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data ...

Couchbase 4.0 elegantly integrates SQL and JSON, maintaining schema-independence while adding support for joins and a range of BI tools.