Version 1.6 of MongoDB was released last week while I was at devLink. What makes this an important point release? Two things: sharding and replica sets.
Sharding is a way of partitioning data. Data will be sharded by a key – this could be based on zip code, customer number, SKU, or any other aspect of [...]
I put together a little video tutorial showing you how to accomplish some basic querying with MongoDB.
Download the sample code. A QuickTime/H.264/iPhone formatted video is also available – download it now.
The Story So Far
I’ve been in love with data storage since I first opened up SQL*Plus and issued a select statement. The different ways to store data are fascinating. Even within a traditional OLTP database, there are a variety of design patterns that we can use to facilitate data access. We keep coming up with [...]
As in, I didn’t participate in the most recent T-SQL Tuesday about my favorite feature in SQL 2008 R2.
Want to know my favorite 2008R2 features? PostgreSQL 9.0 and MongoDB.
PostgreSQL and MongoDB are rapidly advancing features that solve my daily problems. I’m an OLTP guy. Honestly, I don’t care about the latest reporting ding dongs and [...]