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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. InfinityDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Valentina Server

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Name

Description

dBase 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.

A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface

Object-relational database and reports server

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Key-value store

Relational DBMS

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Score	9.16
Rank	#43	Overall
	#27	Relational DBMS

Score	0.00
Rank	#383	Overall
	#59	Key-value stores

Score	1.04
Rank	#184	Overall
	#84	Relational DBMS

Score	0.18
Rank	#313	Overall
	#140	Relational DBMS

Website

www.dbase.com

boilerbay.com

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/rdb.html

www.valentina-db.net

Technical documentation

www.dbase.com/support/knowledgebase

boilerbay.com/infinitydb/manual

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/rdb-doc.html

valentina-db.com/docs/dokuwiki/v5/doku.php

Developer

Asthon Tate

Boiler Bay Inc.

Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Paradigma Software

Initial release

1979

2002

1984

1999

Current release

dBASE 2019, 2019

4.0

7.4.1.1, 2021

5.7.5

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Java

Server operating systems

DOS

dBase Classic
Windows

dBase Pro

All OS with a Java VM

HP Open VMS

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

nested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical â€˜tuple spaceâ€™ runtime Schema upgrade

Flexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

all Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

manual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

none

The IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.

Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/docs/ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)

ODBC

Supported programming languages

dBase proprietary IDE

Java

.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

The IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

READ-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

manual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

not for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMS

ACID

Optimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads

yes, on a single node

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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