Why Quora uses MySQL rather than No-SQL

Re:Why Quora uses MySQL rather than No-SQL by almost on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @06:40AM (#1474413)

I don't understand all these "why we're not using NoSQL" posts. Why is it interesting that someone choose the default choice? Why would they use a NoSQL database of some sort for a major project unless they actually had a need for it? I'm half expecting a "why we don't use Brainfuck"* post one of these days...

*Not that I'm comparing any NoSQL database or NoSQL databases in general to Brainfuck, it's just that I don't see the point of "why we don't use X" posts when there was no particular reason to suppose that they might use X in the first place.

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Re:Why Quora uses MySQL rather than No-SQL by sofuture on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @11:17AM (#1475085)

I agree, and I think it's a side effect of the polarization that's happened in the database world. Picking the term 'NoSQL' was maybe a bit aggressive, as it grouped a bunch of new ideas and projects under one banner as well as defined a clear 'opponent' to touch off the new database holy war.

Like most things, choosing a database on an ideological basis is probably not a good idea. As my grandpappy used to say "The right tool for the right job" (he didn't really say that, I'm just making things up).

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Re:Why Quora uses MySQL rather than No-SQL by brown9-2 on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @08:05AM (#1474565)

I'm not 100% sure how Quora works but is this a post or an answer to a question that another person posted?

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Re:Why Quora uses MySQL rather than No-SQL by dangelo on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @01:44PM (#1475568)

It's an answer to a question that someone else posted. I wouldn't have written it otherwise.

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