--- title: NoSQL does not mean !Relational | daily.dev description: Most data that we use has relationships of some sort. Let’s see how we create and reference relational data in MySQL vs something like Google Cloud Firestore.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nosql-does-not-mean-relational--dchiw3vc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: NoSQL does not mean !Relational | daily.dev og:description: Most data that we use has relationships of some sort. Let’s see how we create and reference relational data in MySQL vs something like Google Cloud Firestore.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nosql-does-not-mean-relational--dchiw3vc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/-Dchiw3vC.png og:image:alt: NoSQL does not mean !Relational og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # NoSQL does not mean !Relational **[ITNEXT](https://daily.dev/sources/itnext)** · 4 min read · 16 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Most data that we use has relationships of some sort. Let’s see how we create and reference relational data in MySQL vs something like Google Cloud Firestore. I’ll use a food ordering app that has users , restaurants , dishes and orders. 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