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DBMS > 4D vs. BoltDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BoltDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn embedded key-value store for Go.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#224  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
Developer4D, IncKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release1984201320182014
Current releasev20, April 20230.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonono
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 indexesyesnonoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
GoJavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnonoyes
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 methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes 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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnono

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