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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Microsoft Access vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. SQL.JS

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Microsoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spatial extension of SQLitePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesswww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexsql.js.org
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMicrosoftMireoAlessandro FurieriAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release19971992202020082012
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20231902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20195.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficecommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMWindows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinuxserver-lessserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
C#
C++
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-enginenonono
Triggersyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-enginenoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneFixed-grid hypercubesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infobut no files for transaction loggingnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003yesnono

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