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NoSQL databases

NoSQL databases - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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NoSQL databases

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- [Instructor] AWS has a great page that breaks down the terminology around NoSQL databases and shows the different NoSQL databases that they offer. A NoSQL database is just what the name implies. It's usually a database engine that isn't a relational database type that doesn't use the standard SQL query language. There's no sql. Instead of imagining the data being stored in a tabular form, like a spreadsheet with fixed data types for the columns, no SQL databases are great for storing data in a schemaless format Instead of a mail slot that only accepts postal letters, it's like a package delivery locker where each cubby can fit anything that you want, and they all store all kinds of different things like shoes or footballs or a candy bar, whatever. The most popular key value store that they offer is called DynamoDB and it's pretty easy to use. So this exists higher up in the database as a service offering where you…

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