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System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. SpatiaLite

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.30
Rank#83  Overall
#45  Relational DBMS
Score1.98
Rank#140  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperAlessandro Furieri
Initial release20012008
Current release2.7.2, June 20235.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesserver-less
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLno
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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