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DBMS > IBM Db2 vs. searchxml vs. SQL.JS vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 vs. searchxml vs. SQL.JS vs. Typesense

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NameIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#210  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.searchxml.net/­category/­productssql.js.orgtypesense.org
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2www.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmltypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperIBMinformationpartners gmbhAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release1983 infohost version201520122015
Current release12.1, October 20161.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree version is availablecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Windowsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsJavaScript.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoon the application servernono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)yes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writerACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesno

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