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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. dBASE vs. Manticore Search vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. dBASE vs. Manticore Search vs. ObjectBox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopdBase 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.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryTime Series DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orgwww.dbase.commanticoresearch.comobjectbox.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasemanual.manticoresearch.comdocs.objectbox.io
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAsthon TateManticore SoftwareObjectBox Limited
Initial release19842013197920172017
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 2022dBASE 2019, 20196.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.yesnoCan index from XMLno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCdBase proprietary IDEElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsno
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factornoneSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users and rolesnoyes
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache ImpaladBASEManticore SearchObjectBox
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