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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. Quasardb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsdBase 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.Distributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsthon Tatequasardb
Initial release2014201619792009
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptPythonC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APICLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.no
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesAccess rights for users and rolesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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