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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Greenplum vs. mSQL vs. openGauss

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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.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by Huawei
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#183  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comgreenplum.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.greenplum.orgdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TatePivotal Software Inc.Hughes TechnologiesHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release1979200519942019
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20197.0.0, September 20234.4, October 20213.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC, C++, Java
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 infosince Version 4.2nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersANSI SQL 2011
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesnoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
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 DBMSACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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