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February 2010 Entries

Building a NoSQL database

As I stated in my previous posts here and here, I have set out to write my own NoSQL database simply because I can – well not really but because it will give me the edge, learning experience will be great and there isn’t really too many options when it comes to native .NET NoSQL Databases. I want to be able to build web  applications without the RDBMS overhead and schema design time. I haven’t done much yet with distributed or replicating side of things yet, so far all I wanted was a prototype to show that it...

posted @ Saturday, February 13, 2010 6:30 PM | Feedback (0)

I'm done with RDBMS, I'm going NoSQL - Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, I mentioned that I really don’t see any need for RDBMS’s and I’ve yet to find a developer that can prove me wrong, however, there is one thing that I’ve yet to solve – that is reporting, although I don’t necessarily think its a problem. There is always the comment that you can’t report on databases that are not relational, how true is that? Very true! oh wait – not really! Read David’s article – about how it all started. However, SQL Server did not start at the...

posted @ Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:53 AM | Feedback (2)

I'm done with RDBMS, I'm going NoSQL - Part 1

Yep, the title is right, I’ve been working for years and years building a toolset that will help me develop applications very fast without the setup delay. I want to be able to focus on the application itself rather than the entities around it and one of the most irritating bottlenecks is the database. I mean don’t get me wrong, I’ve worked out a way of speeding up that arena a bit such as using active record and other ORM tools. At this point after designing my database I can simply run my tool and it will create Active Record...

posted @ Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:35 AM | Feedback (2)

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