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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. H2GIS vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SpaceTime

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial extension of H2RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.h2gis.orgwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homehelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperAsthon TateClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCNRSSAP infoformerly SybaseMireo
Initial release19791983201319922020
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201919.4.1, November 202117, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsyesyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEPHPJavaC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesyes infobased on H2yes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlno
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on H2Source-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
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 DBMSnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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