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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. EsgynDB vs. mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenEdge

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  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.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.esgyn.cnhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlobjectbox.iowww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.objectbox.iodocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperAsthon TateEsgynHughes TechnologiesObjectBox LimitedProgress Software Corporation
Initial release19792015199420171984
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20194.4, October 2021OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaCC and C++
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresnonoyes
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
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 datayesyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesUsers and groups
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