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DBMS > dBASE vs. GeoMesa vs. Hive vs. Lovefield vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. GeoMesa vs. Hive vs. Lovefield vs. SQL.JS

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  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.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.data warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.geomesa.orghive.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldsql.js.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homegithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAsthon TateCCRi and othersApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookGoogleAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release19792014201220142012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20195.0.0, May 20243.1.3, April 20222.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safariserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC++
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
TriggersnononoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layerselectable replication factornonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
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 DBMSnonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnono

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