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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Derby vs. OpenEdge vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Realm

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  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.Application development environment with integrated database management systemA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.dbase.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.progress.com/­openedgewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlrealm.io
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateApache Software FoundationProgress Software CorporationOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release19791997198419842014
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201910.17.1.0, November 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 20207.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMSAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infoclose to SQL 92yesno
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEJavaProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language).Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
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 DBMSACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groupsyes

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