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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.In-memory JavaScript DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.53
Rank#258  Overall
#40  Document stores
#119  Relational DBMS
Score8.14
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#259  Overall
#41  Document stores
Score1.41
Rank#170  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.h2database.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJShughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffThomas MuellerHughes Technologies
Initial release2014200520141994
Current release2.2.220, July 20234.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaJavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databasenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)no
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono

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