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DBMS > Apache Derby vs. H2GIS vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison Apache Derby vs. H2GIS vs. OpenEdge

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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial extension of H2Application development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.42
Rank#76  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#367  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score3.48
Rank#74  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.h2gis.orgwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCNRSProgress Software Corporation
Initial release199720131984
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infobased on H2yes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on H2Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on H2Users and groups

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