Question

I am building a survey application where users can create surveys on the fly.
I am looking for suggestions on how to store the data for each survey.

I can save the survey results in the form of a database table that looks like:

Database design for a survey

Are nosql databases like mongodb a better fit for this scenario?

I have never used a nosql database and do not know the learning curve to get this done.

Are there any resources?

thanks for your help.

Answer 1

It looks like:

• Your database structure is relatively simple
• Your database structure is strict, i.e. you know the types of fields in advance
• Your database structure is unlikely to change over time, and if it does, you can easily convert
• You don’t seem to have versioned objects
• Replication is not an issue
• Performance is not an issue

Therefore, I’d recommend using a traditional SQL database as long as these assumptions hold.