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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. dBASE vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Oracle Rdb

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilitydBase 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.A Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.dbase.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.html
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
DeveloperCognitectAsthon TateMicrosoftOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release2012197920121984
Current release1.0.7075, December 2023dBASE 2019, 20197.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, Clojure
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hostedHP Open VMS
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.no
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSoptimistic lockingyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signatures

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