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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. EDB Postgres vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Trafodion

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it 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.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.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.91
Rank#130  Overall
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.enterprisedb.comjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJStrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.enterprisedb.com/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJStrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperAsthon TateEnterpriseDBKonrad von BackstromApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release19792005201820142014
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201914, December 20210.8, December 20182.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC++, Java
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnonoyes
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
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
JavaScriptJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
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.functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationnonenoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
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 DBMSACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes 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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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