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DBMS > 4D vs. FatDB vs. GBase vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. FatDB vs. GBase vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.gbase.cnwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
Developer4D, IncFatCloudGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.SAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release1984201220041992
Current releasev20, April 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c17, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC#C, Java, Python
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
WindowsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
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.yesyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92no infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerStandard with numerous extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#C#C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infovia applicationsuser defined functionsyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesyes infovia applicationsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factoryesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionFatDBGBaseSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
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