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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. EsgynDB vs. Google Cloud Datastore

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarydBase 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.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud Platform
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.dbase.comwww.esgyn.cncloud.google.com/­datastore
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasecloud.google.com/­datastore/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsthon TateEsgynGoogle
Initial release2014197920152008
Current releasedBASE 2019, 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes, details here
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesSQL-like query language (GQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptdBase proprietary IDEAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresusing Google App Engine
TriggersyesnonoCallbacks using the Google Apps Engine
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersMulti-source replication using Paxos
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflow
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor paths
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 DBMSACIDACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of Transactions
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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