Is the Relational Database Doomed?

DB Guy writes "There's an article over on Read Write Web about what the future of relational databases looks like when faced with new challenges to its dominance from key/value stores, such as SimpleDB, CouchDB, Project Voldemort and BigTable. The conclusion suggests that relational databases and key value stores aren't really mutually exclusive and instead are different tools for different requirements."

Comments

Uh-oh

[benjymouse]

Someone forgot to put a where clause on that delete.

Top 25 Reasons the Relational Database is Doomed

[MillionthMonkey]

Someone type this up and submit it to Digg.

Re:Voldemort!

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

The name might be cool; but the length of some of the commands will really get to you. How many times do you want to type AVADA_KEDAVRA TABLE?

A great open source implementation

[thammoud]

Map db = new HashMap();

beginTransaction(); // Synchronize on the map
db.add("key", "value");
commitTransaction(); // Just serialize the fucker to a file. The idiots using this won't know the difference.

In relation to what?

[Penguinshit]

I won't believe it until Netcraft confirms it.

Re:Enough with the death of the relational DB

[Penguinshit]

Don't online dating sites use relational databases?

Re:Voldemort!

[jollyreaper]

The name might be cool; but the length of some of the commands will really get to you. How many times do you want to type AVADA_KEDAVRA TABLE?

Better than PokemonDB. Then you have to jump on top of your desk and shout "Customer Table, I select you!" every time you run a damn query.

Re:Voldemort!

[GreatRedShark]

You're right, that is a bit cumbersome. Hopefully, they'll release a friendly GUI wizard to make working with it more efficient.

Re:?'s meaning - literal and implied

[117]

President Obama smokes crack?!!?!??!!?!

Re:new record

[julesh]

that's efficient -a summary that refutes the inflammatory headline

I'm just sayin'

Nah. Efficient would be if the summary were "No."