EdgeDB: Replacing SQL and Improving on the Relational Database Model (Michael Sullivan)

Speaker:

Michael Sullivan

System:

EdgeDB

EdgeDB is a new database built around an evolution of the relational model that we call "graph-relational". In the graph-relational model, data is represented as strongly typed objects containing set-valued scalar properties and links to other objects. Missing values are represented in the language as empty sets (no NULL!), and have consistent semantics. The query language, EdgeQL, supports convenient fetching... Read More