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Re:Ask HN: Were Graph Databases a Mirage? by AgoRapide on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @04:59AM (#38457522)
We are actually working with semantics / ontologies. The graph database is just our engine for storing the data. I am starting to think whether an ordinary SQL database could be just as useful.
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Re:Ask HN: Were Graph Databases a Mirage? by bpiche on Thursday November 30, 2023 @12:34PM (#38476313)
Very interesting. What did they used to use back in the day? SPARQL? This wiki article indicates that it should be possible to store triples in a RDBMS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARQL#Advantages

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