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DBMS > dBASE vs. Drizzle vs. SpaceTime vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Drizzle vs. SpaceTime vs. WakandaDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
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.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score12.24
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#394  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#374  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAsthon TateDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMireoWakanda SAS
Initial release1979200820202012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20197.2.4, September 20122.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC
C++
Java
PHP
C#
C++
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nonoyes
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Real-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
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 DBMSACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyesyes

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