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 ...

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.

Although the concept of NoSQL is relatively new, some of the players have actually been around for a while. Yet, the concept of what NoSQL means continues to change. With all that in mind, let's take ...

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

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 ...

Time series databases provide optimum support for working with time-dependent data. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data ...

Good old-fashioned SQL still rules the database roost even though popular offerings in the NoSQL camp are closing the gap, while MySQL is the most popular of the whole bunch in a new report from ...

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