Comments on: Whither Relational Databases? http://halfcooked.com/blog/2008/04/22/whither-relational-databases/ Wherein I write some stuff that you may like to read. Or not, its up to you really. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 03:13:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dean Landolt http://halfcooked.com/blog/2008/04/22/whither-relational-databases/#comment-32265 Dean Landolt Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:06:01 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/?p=57#comment-32265 "Choose the right tool for the job and stop insisting that every problem is a nail." I agree with the right tool for the job sentiment, but what if my tool is a really interesting hammer? A hammer shaped a little something like SQLAlchemy? And what if someone writes adapters for BigTable, SimpleDB and CouchDB like they have for other non-relational constructs? “Choose the right tool for the job and stop insisting that every problem is a nail.”

I agree with the right tool for the job sentiment, but what if my tool is a really interesting hammer? A hammer shaped a little something like SQLAlchemy? And what if someone writes adapters for BigTable, SimpleDB and CouchDB like they have for other non-relational constructs?

]]> By: Martijn Faassen http://halfcooked.com/blog/2008/04/22/whither-relational-databases/#comment-32264 Martijn Faassen Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:39:43 +0000 http://halfcooked.com/blog/?p=57#comment-32264 Let's not forget the ZODB if you have Python objects sitting around to store. Let’s not forget the ZODB if you have Python objects sitting around to store.

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