This article is part of Robert Sheldon’s continuing series on Mongo DB. To see all of the items in the series, click here.
People new to MongoDB often come to the platform with a background in relational database management systems (RDBMSs) such as MySQL or SQL Server. These platforms commonly use some form of the Structured Query Language (SQL) to manage and query the data within their databases. SQL was designed specifically to work with relational databases and manage their structures and data.
MongoDB is not a relational database system, nor does it use SQL. Instead, it relies on the