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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. EDB Postgres vs. EsgynDB vs. LokiJS vs. openGauss

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  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.The EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by Huawei
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.91
Rank#130  Overall
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.enterprisedb.comwww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.enterprisedb.com/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateEnterpriseDBEsgynHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release19792005201520142019
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201914, December 20213.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercialOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++, JavaJavaScriptC, C++, Java
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyesnoANSI SQL 2011
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScriptC
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.Java Stored ProceduresView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
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 DBMSACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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