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DBMS > 4D vs. dBASE vs. Drizzle vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. dBASE vs. Drizzle vs. SpaceTime

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemdBase 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.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.dbase.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebase
Developer4D, IncAsthon TateDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMireo
Initial release1984197920082020
Current releasev20, April 2023dBASE 2019, 20197.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyes infowith proprietary extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
dBase proprietary IDEC
C++
Java
PHP
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nono
Triggersyesnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Real-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and rolesPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes

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