Good reasons NOT to use a relational database?

Question

Can you please point to alternative data storage tools and give good reasons to use them instead of good-old relational databases? In my opinion, most applications rarely us

Answer 1

I would offer RDBMS :) If you do not wont to have troubles with set up/administration go for SQLite. Built in RDBMS with full SQL support. It even allows you to store any type of data in any column.

Main advantage against for example log file: If you have huge one, how are you going to search in it? With SQL engine you just create index and speed up operation dramatically.

About full text search: SQLite has modules for full text search too..

Just enjoy nice standard interface to your data :)