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DBMS > 4D vs. dBASE vs. EsgynDB vs. GeoSpock

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. dBASE vs. EsgynDB vs. GeoSpock

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  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 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.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scale
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.dbase.comwww.esgyn.cngeospock.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebase
Developer4D, IncAsthon TateEsgynGeoSpock
Initial release198419792015
Current releasev20, April 2023dBASE 2019, 20192.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC++, JavaJava, Javascript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linuxhosted
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyestemporal, categorical
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
dBase proprietary IDEAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacenters
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate 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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per table

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