Category Archives: MongoDB

MongoDB Aggregation Framework: The SQL of NoSQL

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

No, it’s not really SQL. Its syntax resembles JSON. It returns a collection of JSON documents. But the Aggregation Framework addresses for MongoDB what many have found lacking in non-relational databases, the capability for ad hoc queries that SQL performs … Continue reading →

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Harmonic: A MongoDB Success Story

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

After writing my last post on MongoDB, I attended a meet-up at the Mozilla office in San Francisco to hear the tale of a real company in the process of migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to MongoDB. The company, Harmonic, … Continue reading →

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Exploring NoSQL: MongoDB

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

MongoDB is one of the most popular of open source NoSQL databases. Supported by 10gen and boasting a long list of deployments including Disney, Craigslist, and SAP, MongoDB has a remarkably simple application programming interface (API) and all the tools … Continue reading →

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