Yes, that is surprising to hear the first time, but it's true. Space saving is one of the primary advantages of relational databases, the other being tracking

Yes, that is surprising to hear the first time, but it's true. Space saving is one of the primary advantages of relational databases, the other being tracking complex data relationships Nowadays, it's not storage that is expensive, but CPU cycles, and RDBMS are processor expensive relative to NOSQLs I advise clients to avoid RDBMS without a very specific need for complex data relationships