So… this NoSQL thing

Question

I\'ve been looking at MongoDB and I\'m fascinated. It appears (although I have to be suspicious) that in exchange for organizing my database in a slightly different way, I get a

Answer 1

The big backlash against NoSQL is rooted in the mentality of many of the NoSQL advocates. Specifically, the attitude best summarized as "SQL is too hard, I shouldn't have to do it". I dislike NoSQL because it seems in many cases to be elevating ignorance.

I know I can't do transactions across relationships... when would this be a big deal?

More often than you might expect. There are a lot of things that can go wrong when you can't assume a consistent dataset.