> Relational database pioneer says technology is obsolete The headline is grossly misleading; the article is only somewhat less misleading. The actual blog entry: - Does not claim that relational databases per se are obsolete; - Claims that the idea of a "single one size fits all" implementation of the physical storage strategy for a relational db is obsolete; - Does not claim that column-oriented storage is better for all use cases; - Does claim that column-oriented is vastly superior for data warehouses; - Further claims that for all use cases there exists some specialized storage strategy that will perform better than the standard row-oriented strategy. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
