> > Does NoSQL = NoDBA? > > https://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/does-nosql--nodba >
Ah yes, a different type of DBA will evolve. > >From my reading, the absence of (a wider range of) typed data fields for > NoSQL databases is probably because of their irrelevance - and the absence > of GUID fields is of no concern in the context of their principal use > cases. > When I'm round-tripping stuff from managed code and any database I expect natural feeling CLR type support, I don't want to have to transform data as it goes in and out. I received a rapid reply from a BrightstarDB developer who had added Guid property support into their developer branch. I don't know if that includes support for Guids as primary keys, as I couldn't coax their latest source download into compiling. Cheers, Greg P.S. Have you moved to Vic from WA?
