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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. dBASE vs. Kingbase vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. dBASE vs. Kingbase vs. YottaDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  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.A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#258  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#309  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.dbase.comwww.kingbase.com.cnyottadb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAsthon TateBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release2012197919992001
Current release1.20.3, January 2023dBASE 2019, 2019V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
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
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoStandard with numerous extensionsby using the Octo plugin
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
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functions
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
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 DBMSACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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