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📣 ent101

After years, is NoSQL mature enough to replace SQL?


After years, is NoSQL mature enough to replace SQL?


  👤 linkdd Accepted Answer ✓
Wrong question.

NoSQL never aimed to replace SQL and never will.

Key/Value stores will always be there. Document Oriented databases will always be there. Graph Oriented databases will always be there. And Row/Column Oriented databases will always be there.

One could describe Excel/Spreadsheets as a Row Oriented Database with a spatial relation between rows, and it will also always be there.

*Use the tool that best fits your needs*


👤 don_neufeld
For what use case?

👤 wmf
No, because SQL copied all the good features from NoSQL.