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What does it mean, in your view, for data to be relational? I think there's some circular logic with this take that boils down to whether you believe you need t
by redwood 4y ago
What does it mean, in your view, for data to be relational? I think there's some circular logic with this take that boils down to whether you believe you need to conceptualize your data model in normalized (storage optimized) or denormalized (optimized for reasoning). I dislike these terms like normalize/demoralize as much as relational since it hides so much intuitive understanding
- andrewmcwatters 4y agoIgnoring the academic point of view for a moment, if you have any sort of table of related data, surely, they have some sort of relationship or queryable attributes. Find me all users with X... (SELECT * users WHERE X,...). In practice, I've found that you don't really query documents. Can you? Sure, I suppose, but I found myself reinventing what those databases do for me. Sorry, I know that's not a formal explanation. But it is a practical day-to-day one. It's easier for me, and I think others too albeit with practice, to simply write a line of SQL to get what I want.