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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. dBASE vs. H2GIS

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Description

All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.

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.

Spatial extension of H2

Primary database model

Object oriented DBMS

Relational DBMS

Spatial DBMS

Secondary database models

Graph DBMS

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.09
Rank	#360	Overall
	#17	Object oriented DBMS

Score	9.70
Rank	#44	Overall
	#28	Relational DBMS

Score	0.08
Rank	#368	Overall
	#7	Spatial DBMS

Website

newdatabase.com

www.dbase.com

www.h2gis.org

Technical documentation

dev.mobiland.com/Overview.xsp

www.dbase.com/support/knowledgebase

www.h2gis.org/docs/home

Developer

Mobiland AG

Asthon Tate

CNRS

Initial release

2018

1979

2013

Current release

1.1.263, October 2022

dBASE 2019, 2019

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

LGPL 3.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Server operating systems

Windows

DOS

dBase Classic
Windows

dBase Pro

Data scheme

Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client

none

The IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net

dBase proprietary IDE

Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

The IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.

yes

based on H2

Triggers

no, except callback-events from server when changes happened

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Proprietary Sharding system

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

based on H2

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

not for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMS

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Windows-Profile

Access rights for users and roles

yes

based on H2

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