Schema-less is usually a lie

Re:Schema-less is usually a lie by kailuowang on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @02:46PM (#5986672)

To me, schema-less simply means that you don't need to maintain the data structure in a separate schema definition. It doesn't mean that your data doesn't have a structure - the structure is in your data, query and indexes, it's just easier to change without that extra "schema" definition.

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Re:Schema-less is usually a lie by wvenable on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @06:40PM (#5987947)

It's not easier to change. When you have a schema-less database you don't change the schema, you add a new one for new data. Any data with an old schema continues to have it. So at any time you have up to n schemas simultaneously in your database if you changed it n times.

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Re:Schema-less is usually a lie by rhizome on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @04:48PM (#5987414)

Here, step aside while I demonstrate my any-endian arbitrary wordlength CPU.

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