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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. dBASE vs. TimesTen

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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.

In-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle

Primary database model

Object oriented DBMS

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

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Score	0.09
Rank	#379	Overall
	#19	Object oriented DBMS

Score	14.59
Rank	#41	Overall
	#26	Relational DBMS

Score	1.89
Rank	#156	Overall
	#72	Relational DBMS

Website

newdatabase.com

www.dbase.com

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/timesten.html

Technical documentation

dev.mobiland.com/Overview.xsp

www.dbase.com/support/knowledgebase

docs.oracle.com/database/timesten-18.1

Developer

Mobiland AG

Asthon Tate

Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP

originally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005

Initial release

2018

1979

1998

Current release

1.1.263, October 2022

dBASE 2019, 2019

11 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Server operating systems

Windows

DOS

dBase Classic
Windows

dBase Pro

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows

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.

JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net

dBase proprietary IDE

C
C++
Java
PL/SQL

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

The IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.

PL/SQL

Triggers

no, except callback-events from server when changes happened

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

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

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

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by means of logfiles and checkpoints

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

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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