For technical clarification, databases come in two flavors: relational and non-relational. Relational (SQL) databases store data in tables with strictly-defined relationships between tables.

More and more DBAs are being tasked with taking care of "non-relational" databases. In the past it was just Oracle or SQL Server that DBAs had to worry about. Now, platforms such as MongoDB and ...

Django is a Python framework for building Web-based applications that sports an object-relational mapping layer for abstracting the differences between separate relational databases.

Graph databases and relational databases have big differences when it comes to how connections work, among other things ...

Though NoSQL originally developed as a flexible and agile alternative to relational database systems, non-relational databases haven’t yet gained wide acceptability in the large enterprise segment.

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William Blair analyst Jason Ader said in a research note that MongoDB's bet is that distinctions between relational and non relational databases (NoSQL) will fade away over time and that databases ...

Database company FairCom has released the tenth edition of its cross-platform database technology, c-treeACE V10. This solution features what the company describes as the industry’s first Relational ...

Late last month, Redmond announced two extensions to PostgreSQL, the open source relational database system with roots reaching back to the 1980s.