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> PostgreSQL's `recursive` keyword lets you achieve roughly the same things Or you could run GraphQL on top of PostgreSQL. Just because you can write anything
by mr_toad 8y ago
> PostgreSQL's `recursive` keyword lets you achieve roughly the same things
Or you could run GraphQL on top of PostgreSQL. Just because you can write anything in SQL doesn’t mean you should.
- pluma 8y agoGraphQL has nothing to do with graph queries though. GraphQL is called that because it was created as a query language for Facebook's "social graph". It actually doesn't provide any graph operations or recursion (i.e. you explicitly tell it how many levels deep you want to go). You can provide a GraphQL interface on top of any backend or database, though.