You can get MySQL to do dumb stuff as well, though you have to specifically ask it to take more risks - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/insert-delayed.ht

You can get MySQL to do dumb stuff as well, though you have to specifically ask it to take more risks - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/insert-delayed.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/insert-delayed.html Almost all of the complaints against MongoDB are down to assumptions and lack of understanding about the database.