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[Discuss] No-SQL Database Recommendation?



On 1/11/2015 4:26 PM, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
> This is absolutely wrong. A simple key/value table in SQL is perfectly
> fine. Why would anyone assert otherwise? The fact that you *can* use it as
> a relation is beside the point.

As an aside...

I don't mean key/value data. I mean N-dimensional data where N > 2. 
Medical records are (can be) a relatively simple example of 
3-dimensional data: they cover patient information over time. Sparse 
array databases were developed specifically because these kinds of data 
don't fit into tables.

My assertion stands: trying to shoe-horn non-relational data into a 
relational database is foolish.

-- 
Rich P.



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