Category: N1QL / Query
Cost Based Optimizer for Couchbase N1QL (SQL for JSON)
Authors & Engineering Team: Bingjie Miao, Keshav Murthy, Marco Greco, Prathibha Bisarahalli. Couchbase, Inc. A rule-based optimizer knows rules for everything and cost for nothing – Oscar Wilde Abstract Couchbase is a distributed JSON database. It provides distributed data processing,...
Comparing Postgres JSONB with NoSQL
The reality is that databases are converging, and in the last few years, it is becoming even more difficult to point what are the best scenarios for each datastore without a deep understanding of how things work under the...
How to use N1QL to migrate Oracle data into Couchbase
Getting the Couchbase server to run on your PC or Mac involves a few simple steps to download the software and spin up a cluster with all the Couchbase services that you need (https://docs.couchbase.com/server/6.0/getting-started/start-here.html). Sample buckets are available with the...
A Preview of Couchbase 6.5 N1QL Features
Couchbase 6.5 release is going to be one of the largest release content wise for Couchbase. For N1QL Query service, the focus for us is to bring Enterprise Database functionalities to the Couchbase Database. Expanding N1QL with additional functions to...
Lentiq and Couchbase
Alex Sirbu R&D Team Lead at Lentiq, has seven years’ experience in architecting and building reliable distributed systems. Lentiq is a Kubernetes-based, multi-cloud data lake-as-a-service startup, meaning we manage other people’s data and workflows on a daily basis for a living....
Tutorial : Using the Query API with a Prebuilt Couchbase Lite Database in an Android App
Couchbase Lite 2.x is a powerful NoSQL embedded data store for iOS, Android and .Net Mobile Platforms. In an earlier tutorial, we explored the basics of Database and Document CRUD operations using Couchbase Lite within your Android apps. In addition...
N1QL (Query) Basic Order of Execution.
Query syntax is limited. Queries are unlimited. Predicate pushdown, group by pushdown, offset pagination, keyset pagination, join optimization, search optimization, we’ve discussed it all. Still, it’s important to understand the default, simple — albeit slow — execution flow of the...
Building a Chatbot with Couchbase, Amazon Lex, and Node.js
Nic Raboy is an advocate of modern web and mobile development technologies. He has experience in Java, JavaScript, Golang, and a variety of frameworks such as Angular, NativeScript, and Apache Cordova. Nic writes about his development experiences related to making web and mobile...
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of SQL in NoSQL Databases: A Comparative Study.
The business applications have requirements: take customer orders, deliver customer orders, track shipping, generate inventory report, end of the day/month/quarter business report, generate business dashboards and more. These requirements evolve slowly. They remain even when you choose a NoSQL database....
Building a real-time data visualization dashboard with Couchbase Analytics and Tableau
This blog covers how to set up a Couchbase Analytics cluster in under 5 clicks and create a real-time visualization dashboard with Tableau. Introduction Couchbase Server is a hybrid NoSQL database that supports operational and analytical workloads. Couchbase Analytics in...