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DBMS > dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. Firebird

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. Firebird

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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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Firebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBase
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.firebirdsql.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manuals
DeveloperAsthon TateClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleFirebird Foundation
Initial release197919832000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201919.4.1, November 20215.0.0, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsyes
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEPHPC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesPSQL
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
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 infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writers
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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