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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. dBASE vs. Oracle Rdb vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. dBASE vs. Oracle Rdb vs. searchxml

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksdBase 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.DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.dbase.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsAsthon TateOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)informationpartners gmbh
Initial release19842016197919842015
Current releasev20, April 20231703dBASE 2019, 20197.4.1.1, 20211.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
HP Open VMSWindows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsdBase proprietary IDEC++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesnoneyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSyes, on a single nodemultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationAccess rights for users and rolesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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