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DBMS > 4D vs. dBASE vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. dBASE vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. YottaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
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.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.dbase.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseyottadb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
Developer4D, IncAsthon TateMicrosoftYottaDB, LLC
Initial release1984197920102001
Current releasev20, April 2023dBASE 2019, 2019V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hostedDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesby using the Octo plugin
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
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Transact SQL
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
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 DBMSACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 groupsAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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