object-database

NoSQL / RDBMS hybrid?

Is there a database out there that gives you the benefit of referential integrity and being able to use a SQL type language for querying, but also lets entities be loosely defined with respect to their data attributes and also the relationships between them? E.g. take a RBAC type model where you have Permissions, Users, User Groups & Ro...

Magical Object Database needed with .Net bindings

Hello, Lets assume im writing a program, my program has its own entities and such. And since I'm using an OOP .Net language (C#, but could be F# or Iron Python), my objects have weird OOP traits like inheritance, references to other objects, and hierarchical relationships. Naturally i want to save these all to my God damn database, an...

When should I use an object database?

I have been using relational databases for some time now and recently came across a different type of database: object database. One of the products built around this idea had a description: A scalable, "post-relational" database with a multidimensional data and application server for distributed web applications. This makes me wonder,...

Eloquera object database

Hello I saw Eloquera db and was quite impressed with it. Currently I'm thinking developing my next project on Eloquera and not Sql Server. So I have several questions with it. 1) How does Eloquera performs in enterprise and heavy loads? 2) How does it compare with other open source and commercial RDBMSes (I mean performance)? 3) Is it s...