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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Derby vs. Firebolt vs. GBase

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptiondBase 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.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Highly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.firebolt.iowww.gbase.cn
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.firebolt.io
DeveloperAsthon TateApache Software FoundationFirebolt Analytics Inc.General Data Technology Co., Ltd.
Initial release1979199720202004
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201910.17.1.0, November 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC, Java, Python
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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.yesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesStandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBC.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEJavaGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layeryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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