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No. Most NoSQL dbs support indexes and secondary indexes too.

In SQL world we call this "denormalization". It's called the same thing in NoSQL, too.




Indices are essentially managed denormalization.


Ah, never thought of it that way.


It's called materialized views.


Well, yes, and no. :)




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