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DBMS > 4D vs. Hyprcubd vs. Ingres vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Hyprcubd vs. Ingres vs. jBASE

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemServerless Time Series DBMSWell established RDBMSA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.67
Rank#77  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score1.43
Rank#160  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comhyprcubd.com (offline)www.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
Developer4D, IncHyprcubd, Inc.Actian CorporationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release19841974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s1991
Current releasev20, April 202311.2, May 20225.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringyesoptional
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
gRPC (https).NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationIngres Replicatoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyes infoMVCCyes
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupstoken accessfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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