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DBMS > 4D vs. FileMaker vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. FileMaker vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SpaceTime

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#78  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
Developer4D, IncClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSAP infoformerly SybaseMireo
Initial release1984198319922020
Current releasev20, April 202319.4.1, November 202117, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
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.yesyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infovia pluginsyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
PHPC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringReal-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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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