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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. HyperSQL vs. Ignite vs. Lovefield vs. OpenMLDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOpenMLDB  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.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn open-source machine learning database that provides a feature platform for training and inference
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#359  Overall
#36  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comhsqldb.orgignite.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldopenmldb.ai
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasehsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdopenmldb.ai/­docs/­zh/­main
DeveloperAsthon TateApache Software FoundationGoogle4 Paradigm Inc.
Initial release19792001201520142020
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20192.7.2, June 2023Apache Ignite 2.62.1.12, February 20172024-2 February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, Java, .NetJavaScriptC++, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesFixed schema
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java, SQLyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nono
Triggersnoyesyes (cache interceptors and events)Using read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes (replicated cache)noneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
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 DBMSACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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