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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. dBASE vs. Kingbase vs. Sadas Engine

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StoragedBase 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.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.dbase.comwww.kingbase.com.cnwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAsthon TateBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.SADAS s.r.l.
Initial release2012197919992006
Current release1.20.3, January 2023dBASE 2019, 2019V8.0, August 20218.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoStandard with numerous extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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