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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. FatDB vs. jBASE

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FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the 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.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Multivalue DBMS
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperAsthon TateFatCloudRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release197920121991
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20195.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC#
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
WindowsAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptional
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
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources..NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC#.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes infovia applicationsyes
Triggersnoyes infovia applicationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
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 DBMSnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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