Why NoSQL DBs will only let you perform transactions on a single data item

Posted by tim_sw on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @11:49PM
from the dbmsmusings.blogspot.com dept.

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Re:Why NoSQL DBs will only let you perform transactions on a... by pluma on Thursday October 29, 2015 @04:24AM (#10469784)

Because distributed locking is hard?

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Re:Why NoSQL DBs will only let you perform transactions on a... by Mimick on Thursday October 29, 2015 @08:56AM (#10470591)

I think it's just a matter of keep it simple so it stay fast, since this is the whole philosophy behind NoSQL.

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