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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Amazon CloudSearch

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Amazon CloudSearch

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloud
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#140  Overall
#12  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearch
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearch
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazon
Initial release198420142012
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoall search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.no
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIHTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as required
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes infomanaged transparently by AWS
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoauthentication via encrypted signatures

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