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DBMS > BaseX vs. dBASE vs. HBase vs. Newts vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. dBASE vs. HBase vs. Newts vs. TimesTen

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.dBase 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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTime Series DBMS based on CassandraIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.dbase.comhbase.apache.orgopennms.github.io/­newtswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasehbase.apache.org/­book.htmlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperBaseX GmbHAsthon TateApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOpenNMS GroupOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20071979200820141998
Current release10.7, August 2023dBASE 2019, 20192.3.4, January 202111 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
dBase proprietary IDEC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaC
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes infoCoprocessors in JavanoPL/SQL
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infobased on Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users and rolesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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