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DBMS > 4D vs. chDB vs. Drizzle

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. chDB vs. Drizzle

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonchDB  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  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 systemAn embedded SQL OLAP Engine powered by ClickHouseMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#376  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­chdb-io/­chdb
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdoc.chdb.io
Developer4D, IncDrizzle project, originally started by Brian Aker
Initial release198420232008
Current releasev20, April 20237.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU GPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-lessFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)yes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Bun
C
C++
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C
C++
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTP

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