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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. SQL.JS vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. SQL.JS vs. WakandaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryPort of SQLite to JavaScriptWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
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Score2.80
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#258  Overall
#40  Document stores
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#243  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#374  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgsql.js.orgwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersWakanda SAS
Initial release1984201420122012
Current releasev20, April 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnonoyes

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