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DBMS > dBASE vs. EJDB vs. Faircom DB vs. jBASE vs. OrientDB

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. EJDB vs. Faircom DB vs. jBASE vs. OrientDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  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.Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Native high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#304  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
#136  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Websitewww.dbase.comgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseorientdb.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9www.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperAsthon TateSoftmotionsFairCom CorporationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release19792012197919912010
Current releasedBASE 2019, 2019V12, November 20205.73.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2commercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCANSI C, C++Java
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
server-lessAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
AIX
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,schema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresoptionalyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.in-process shared libraryADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++yesJava, Javascript
TriggersnonoyesyesHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).yesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesnoyes inforelationship in graphs
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 DBMSnotunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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