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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. dBASE vs. JSqlDb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is 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.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitives
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score11.18
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.dbase.comjsqldb.org (offline)
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebase
Developer4D, IncAsthon TateKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release198419792018
Current releasev20, April 2023dBASE 2019, 20190.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
dBase proprietary IDEJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
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 DBMS
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDB
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 groupsAccess rights for users and roles

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