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SQL or NoSQL Database for a chat application?
currently I am working on a kind of "Chat" Application. The app consists of "threads". Each of this threads consist of "subthreads" in wich a user can send a message (...
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Saving large files like Credit Reports in Data Store - SQL/NoSQL/ObjectStore
I am working on a project to save external credit bureau reports in database. These reports are typically big and could go from 0.5MB to 5.0 MB. Number of files will grow exponentially over the time ...
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Partial database synchronisation across multiple databases
Currently we are looking for a solution to sync databases across multiple locations. We a location hierarchy such as Country -> State -> District -> Center. To increase speed and reliability of the ...
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Is the use of NoSQL Databases impractical for large datasets where you need to search by content?
I've been learning about NoSQL Databases for a week now. I really understand the advantages of NoSQL Databases and the many use cases they are great for. But often people write their articles as if ...
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Object Storage where Object Type is variable
From time to time, we come across a problem where we must store an object, but we don't know in advance what kind of object we're going to store. I'm going to give a very simple example. Requirement: ...
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How would you design a user database with custom fields
This question is around how should I design a database, it can be relational / nosql databases, depending on what will be the better solution Given a requirement where you'll need to create a system ...
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Nested Entities and calculation on leaf entity property - SQL or NoSQL approach
I am working on a hobby project called Menu/Recipe Management. This is how my entities and their relations look like. A Nutrient has properties Code and Value An Ingredient has a collection of ...
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Why OTServs have an item cloning problem if the server crashes? [closed]
OTServs are open source MMORPGs with a huge community. Mostly all of them have a serious problem: if the server crashes, people can clone items. This is a dirty trick that can be executed because the ...
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Why NoSQL over SQL? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: When would someone use MongoDB (or similar) over traditional RDMS? How well the SQL and NoSQL go head-to-head. I read somewhere that SQL databases are not well for data that is ...
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Storing n-gram data
I was hoping to brainstorm a little bit on the subject of storing n-gram data. In my project, I am trying to solve linguistic problems where I know all (n-1) data items and want to statistically guess ...
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