move away query/criterion so we can re use it against a regular sql db ? about bolthold

[timshannon]

The query api for bolthold is very limited. You'd be handicapping yourself by using it with an SQL database. SQL is much more expressive and standardized. I don't see the value gained by doing this?

The whole point of creating BoltDB was to put a simple querying interface on top of Bolt because one didn't already exist.

If you really want a non-sql interface on top of an SQL database, you should check out GORM

[mh-cbon]

I do see value, i could move from/to a variety of database engine in a glance.

I could use bolt as an efficient internal memory storage for small deployment, where as for larger deployments i can make use of a more mature engine to handle some edge cases more appropriately.

backup, replication, read/write master slave, indexing, search etc are more mature using those engine. Anyways, i could aswell go for mongodb or CockroachDB, for sure, but again, i see no reason why the query api could not be used for those.