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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Interbase

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Interbase

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemApache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from Borland
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score16.43
Rank#34  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score3.78
Rank#77  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationEmbarcadero
Initial release198420141984
Current releasev20, April 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageScalaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnono infoexport as XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger language
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneInterbase Change Views
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny control
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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