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[Discuss] No-SQL Database Recommendation?
- Subject: [Discuss] No-SQL Database Recommendation?
- From: markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:13:10 -0500
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> 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. As long as the "relational" refers to your database schema and not the underlying technology or access API, I can agree. > > -- > Rich P. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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