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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS librarydBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgwww.dbase.comgeospock.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsthon TateGeoSpock
Initial release1984201419792014
Current releasev20, April 2023dBASE 2019, 20192.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, JavascriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesno
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyestemporal, categoricalyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptdBase proprietary IDEJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per tableno

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