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DBMS > 4D vs. Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. Interbase

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. Interbase

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from Borland
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdb.apache.org/­derbygeospock.comwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationGeoSpockEmbarcadero
Initial release198419971984
Current releasev20, April 202310.17.1.0, November 20232.0, September 2019InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJava, JavascriptC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnono infoexport as XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyestemporal, categoricalyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger language
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationInterbase Change Views
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny control
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per tablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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