Comment on Database internals are becoming less important than developer experienceComments−jdblair5yThe author skips the first decade of database systems in the 1960s. The oldest databases were not relational! They were hierarchical or navigational.Hierarchical databases were much like a filesystem, but for records instead of files.Navigational databases allowed data to be linked in a network. Look up CODASYL for detail.The relational database design was first proposed in the 1970s.
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The author skips the first decade of database systems in the 1960s. The oldest databases were not relational! They were hierarchical or navigational.
Hierarchical databases were much like a filesystem, but for records instead of files.
Navigational databases allowed data to be linked in a network. Look up CODASYL for detail.
The relational database design was first proposed in the 1970s.