What is SurrealDB
- SurrealDB is a multi-model database written in Rust.
- It has SDK for several languages. Here we'll learn about the Query language(s) of SurrealDB and how to use the database in Rust.
- There are several ways to use the database:
- We can use it embedded or as a separate server.
- Embedded can work with in-memory databse (which is not persistent) or with on-disk backend.
- When using as a separate server we can have one node or multiple nodes.
- One SurrealDB can have multiple namespaces and each namespace can have multiple databases.
- Each database has separate tables, indices, etc.
- First we need to connect to the database.
- Then we need to authenticate, if necessary.
- then we select the namespace and the database.