SCALE 8x: Relational vs. non-relational

Posted Mar 12, 2010 0:54 UTC (Fri) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)
In reply to: SCALE 8x: Relational vs. non-relational by dmag
Parent article: SCALE 8x: Relational vs. non-relational

Seems to me like you want postgres to be able to just morph into any other type of database instantly at your whim, no matter how fundamentally different some of the ideas behind them are.

SCALE 8x: Relational vs. non-relational

Posted Mar 12, 2010 19:44 UTC (Fri) by dmag (guest, #17775) [Link]

> Seems to me like you want postgres to be able to just morph into any other type of database

No, I didn't mean that. I wouldn't want Postgres to add all of those features, because it would be lots of extra complexity to get some "simple" features.

I was pointing out some limitations of current systems (since most people are still in the denial stage, saying "what's wrong with the RDBMS?") The fundamental concept behind the NoSQL movement is "we need new tools in the toolbox", and there are a lot of "new tools" to explore.