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DBMS > dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. OushuDB vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. OushuDB vs. STSdb

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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.A data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#357  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#365  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.oushu.com/­documentation
DeveloperAsthon TateClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleOushuSTS Soft SC
Initial release197919832011
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201919.4.1, November 20214.0.1, August 20204.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsFull-featured ANSI SQL supportno
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEPHPC
C++
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesyesno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationno
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
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 DBMSnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesKerberos, SSL and role based accessno

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