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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Dgraph vs. EJDB vs. Lovefield vs. SQL.JS

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  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.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational 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
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comdgraph.iogithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldsql.js.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedgraph.io/­docsgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAsthon TateDgraph Labs, Inc.SoftmotionsGoogleAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release19792016201220142012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20192.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoCJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-lessserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safariserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyes
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 SQLnononoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
in-process shared libraryJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nononono
TriggersnononoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via Raftnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesyes
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 DBMSACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseno 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.yes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesno infoPlanned for future releasesnonono

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