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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. jBASE vs. OrientDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. jBASE vs. OrientDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  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.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
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
Score1.30
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.dbase.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseorientdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9www.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsthon TateIBMRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20141979201419912010
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20195.73.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionalyes
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.nono infoImport/export of XML data possibleyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources..NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptdBase proprietary IDEJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.PL/SQL, SQL PLyesJava, Javascript
TriggersyesnoyesyesHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyesyesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes inforelationship in graphs
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 DBMSACIDACIDACID
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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