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Why Database Integrity Matters

Given the rise in popularity of NoSQL solutions, typically set apart by their explicit forfeiture of traditional RDBMS features, you might think that age old...

1 replies - 3056 views - 02/19/13 by Chase Seibert in Articles

XA Transactions (2 Phase Commit): A Simple Guide

In the early days of computing, there was no need for distributed transactions. As number of applications increased, synchronization of the data become an...

0 replies - 9874 views - 10/22/12 by Yusuf Aytaş in Articles

Why NoSQL Should Be Called "SQL with Alternative Storage Models"

Time and again, you’ll find blog posts like this one here telling you the same “truths” about SQL vs....

0 replies - 3847 views - 07/26/12 by Lukas Eder in Articles

Architecture > Code

Steve Py asks an interesting question in one of the comments to my On Infinite Scalability post: Can you elaborate more on: "Note, those changes...

2 replies - 3499 views - 01/06/12 by Ayende Rahien in Articles

On the Subject of NoSQL (and a bit about graph databases)

The major point of many of Martin Fowler's blog posts, repeated in his book, is that NoSQL represents a movement away from integrating on the database and...

0 replies - 1748 views - 01/04/12 by Chris Travers in Articles