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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Hive vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL

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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarydata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopIn-memory JavaScript DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score62.59
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.67
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orghive.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJShughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Hometechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookHughes Technologies
Initial release2014201220141994
Current release3.1.3, April 20224.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open 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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factornonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesno
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnono

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