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[–] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

A400 is at least relational.

MongoDB on the other hand...

All data is, or will become, relational.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    I am a big SQL fan but not all data has to be relational.

    Let’s say I want the GPS coordinates of ten million vehicles every 5 seconds. I have a vehicle id, a timestamp, and coordinates. I do not care if a few writes get lost. Why does this have to be relational?

    And perhaps I also record other info that may change from vehicle to vehicle. Perhaps just values that are true if present. DoorOpen, BrakeApplied, LightsOn, LightBarOn, EngineOn, etc. I may only be displaying this data in a UI. I may get different values from every vehicle or even every write. There is no “schema”. I mean, I can have a JSON field or something in my relational table? But this is not exactly relational anymore.

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