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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. Sphinx

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
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
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgwww.dbase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakersphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsthon TateClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2014197919832001
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201919.4.1, November 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptdBase proprietary IDEPHPC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
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 DBMSnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesno

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