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DBMS > 4D vs. Datomic vs. JSqlDb vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Datomic vs. JSqlDb vs. OpenEdge

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.datomic.comjsqldb.org (offline)www.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.datomic.comdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
Developer4D, IncCognitectKonrad von BackstromProgress Software Corporation
Initial release1984201220181984
Current releasev20, April 20231.0.6735, June 20230.8, December 2018OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, Clojure
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Clojure
Java
JavaScriptProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction Functionsfunctions in JavaScriptyes
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoUsers and groups

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