document-storage

CouchDB versioning strategy

Would the following be a viable strategy for implementing versioning(using "example" as a sample document type): Have one original document where the type field is named example_original. Subsequent changes to the document all have type example_change and the id of example_original document as a key. The change would also carry a times...

Images in database vs file system

We have a project coming up where we will be building a whole backend CMS system that will power our entire extranet and intranet with one package. The question I have been trying to find an answer to is which is better: storing images in the database (SQL Server 2005) so we may have integrity, single replication plan, etc OR storing on ...

What are some real use cases for going with a NoSQL Document Store db?

I have been reading documentation and watching screencasts specific to Mongo DB over the past few days and I am at a loss for when a solution like this would be better than a typical pg or mysql environment. Specifically, my question is under what circumstance (w/ use case would be nice) would you want to go the nosql route? Thanks! ...