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DBMS > FileMaker vs. GBase vs. Ingres vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. GBase vs. Ingres vs. jBASE

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Well established RDBMSA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gbase.cnwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Actian CorporationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release198320041974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s1991
Current release19.4.1, November 2021GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c11.2, May 20225.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptional
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 formatyesno infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsStandard with numerous extensionsyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesPHPC#.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesIngres Replicatoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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