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Comparing Execution Plans: MongoDB vs. Compatible APIs

MongoDB is the standard API for document databases, and some cloud providers have created services with a similar API. AWS and Azure call theirs 'DocumentDB', and Oracle provides the MongoDB API as a ...

09.03.2025 0 Read More

Amazon DocumentDB and multi-key indexing

In previous posts, I discussed the limitations of MongoDB emulations on databases like Oracle and PostgreSQL. AWS offers Amazon DocumentDB, which provides compatibility with MongoDB 5.0 and may run on...

05.05.2025 0 Read More

MongoDB TTL and Disk Storage

In a previous blog post, I explained how MongoDB TTL indexes work and their optimization to avoid fragmentation during scans. However, I didn’t cover the details of on-disk storage. A recent Reddit ...

24.03.2025 0 Read More

Postgres: Index Scans

Using an index to help improve query performance is common practice. An index is a structure organized in such a way to help make it cheaper to access data records stored on disk. One example of such ...

06.04.2025 0 Read More

MongoDB With Search Indexes Queried as Kimball's Star Schema With Facts and Dimensions

Export From SQL to CSV Import to MongoDB Indexing the Star Schema Querying the Star Schema - Star Transformation MongoDB queries on a Star Schema Conclusion In document databases like MongoDB, data ...

13.04.2025 0 Read More

Index Only Scan on JSON Documents in MongoDB, with covering and multi-key indexes

Storing JSON documents in a SQL database does not make it a document database. The strength of any database lies in its indexing capabilities, and SQL databases, even with JSON datatypes, lack the fle...

27.04.2025 0 Read More