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Why nosql databases are designed to not have capability to query using SQL?

 
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I know that on nosql databases we cannot query using sql quries. Why have these nosql databases designed to not have sql query capability. Any reason for that? thanks
 
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The Wikipedia page on NoSQL provides quite a lot of info on that topic. I assume you've read it already, so what part is still not clear?
 
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Yes. I have gone through it and have been using noSQL database HBase. The part that is not clear is :

Why have they designed noSQL databases in such a way that they do not have a capability for Query using SQL statements.

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Monica Shiralkar wrote:
Why have they designed noSQL databases in such a way that they do not have a capability for Query using SQL statements.



In my opinion, it is probably related to the company knowing their potential customer base. Most customers switching to them would probably want the performance gained from how the database is stored, used, etc. And while in theory, it is possible to write an SQL layer above it, which would likely be lacking in performance due to structural differences.... So, since any potential customer needing to micro-manage those details, are likely looking for performance, they will be unlikely use the SQL API anyway.

Having said that, there are some noSQL databases that provide an SQL API -- which arguably changes the meaning of noSQL to mean "Not Only SQL" database...

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Most of the NOSQL DBs like MongoDB provide a querying API. Without a querying API, there is no use of a DB. It doesn't necessarily needs to be SQL queries for all databases. RDBMS needs SQL as the latter is meant to query relational data.

NOSQL dbs are of varied types: Key value, document, etc. and SQL may not be the ideal way to query them all. Hence the need for a different mechanism to query them.
 
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wrote Most of the NOSQL DBs like MongoDB provide a querying API. Without a querying API, there is no use of a DB.

HBase?

How does it apply to the case of HBase?
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Monica Shiralkar wrote:

wrote Most of the NOSQL DBs like MongoDB provide a querying API. Without a querying API, there is no use of a DB.

HBase?

How does it apply to the case of HBase?
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HBASE comes with its own set of DDL and DMLs. They are not SQL per se but provide a querying mechanism.
 
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nosql means 'no sql'.It must be said so for a reason. I am trying to understand the reason Hbase ,Cassandra etc are called 'nosql'.
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First, let us know what do you understand by the term NOSQL?
 
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First, let us know what do you understand by the term NOSQL?



As per my understanding nosql means where we cannot use SQL.
 
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