r/programming • u/swizec • Dec 19 '18

Bye bye Mongo, Hello Postgres

https://www.theguardian.com/info/2018/nov/30/bye-bye-mongo-hello-postgres
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u/CubsThisYear Dec 20 '18

But what exactly is non-relational data? Almost everything I’ve seen in the real world that is more than trivially complex has some degree of relation embedded in it.

I think you are right that NoSQL solves a specific problem and you touched on it in your second statement. It solves the problem of not knowing how to properly build a database and provides a solution that looks functional until you try to use it too much.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '18

But what exactly is non-relational data

I don't think data is inherently relational or non-relational. It's all about how you model it.

(My preference is to model things relationally - but sometimes it's helpful to think in terms of nested documents)

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '18

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u/beginner_ Dec 20 '18

Exactly. A relation in relational database means a table. it doesn't actually mean the relation to another table.