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[edit] I realize there is a lot of buzz around being "NoSQL", but seeing how you support similar concepts: join, count, group, where - why not provide at least

by taf2 14y ago

[edit] I realize there is a lot of buzz around being "NoSQL", but seeing how you support similar concepts: join, count, group, where - why not provide at least a partial SQL interface for the features you do support? Even mysql originally did not provide "all" features of SQL e.g. no foreign key constraints and probably still multiple features are unsupported in mysql but at least with a sql interface it is easy for anyone to quickly pick up the DB and start integrating it... plus SQL is actually a really nice "Query language"... IMO... and perhaps many others too... - p.s. love the demo video looks awesome how easy it is to use and I like the query language you created looks nice too.

coffeemug 14y ago
Under the hood RethinkDB already supports multiple protocols, so from our perspective there is little difference between a SQL front-end and a ReQL front-end. Of course to users, that's the only thing that matters. There are still many improvements we can make to the core system and an enormous number of people are already interested in it, so we decided to satisfy them first. We might add a SQL front-end at some point, but it's not very high on the priority list now.