Re: No to SQL? Anti-database movement gains steam

Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist



On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Sunil Kanderi <sunil.kanderi@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9135086
> Interesting article in ComputerWorld about the NoSQL movement. Most of my
> DBA experience has been primarily related to large ERP applications and
> recently had to start supporting Java
>

Best quote:

"It's true that [NoSQL] aren't relevant right now to mainstream
enterprises," Oskarsson said, "but that might change one to two years down
the line."

Uh-huh.

I think that's been said about COBOL as well.

Wait, my boss (years ago) said the same thing about unix and linux.

Another telling quote:  "SQL is an awkward fit for procedural code, and
almost all code is procedural," said Curt Monash, an independent database
analyst and blogger.

Of course something like that would come from Monash.

First you have people saying the RDBMS is a bad fit for object code.
Then another says it's a bad fit for procedural code.

This seems to be the result of very short term thinking.

"I want my app today!"

Such short term thinking can easily lead to long term failure.

I saw it just this week in a newly failed project.

But, it failed on time.

Jared

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