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DBMS > dBASE vs. Hypertable vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Hypertable vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopIn-memory JavaScript DBMSElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score18.98
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analytics
DeveloperAsthon TateHypertable Inc.MicrosoftSybase, SAP
Initial release19792009201420161993
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20190.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyesyes
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 indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.C++ API
Thrift
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC#
Java
PHP
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQLyes
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor on file system levelnoneyesMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsyes
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 DBMSnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnonoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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