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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. OpenEdge vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. OpenEdge vs. Sadas Engine

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  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.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Application development environment with integrated database management systemSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSRelational 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
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.dbase.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.progress.com/­openedgewww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasecloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsthon TateGoogleProgress Software CorporationSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20141979201519842006
Current releasedBASE 2019, 2019OpenEdge 12.2, March 20208.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes infoclose to SQL 92yes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptdBase proprietary IDEC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language).Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyesno
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
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 DBMSAtomic single-row operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Users and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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