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DBMS > dBASE vs. Linter vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Linter vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
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.RDBMS for high security requirementsLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comlinter.ruwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlterminusdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperAsthon Taterelex.ruSybase, SAPDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release19791990199320182011
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201911.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++Prolog, RustC#
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.Net
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
Delphi
Perl
PHP
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLyesyesno
TriggersnoyesyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
Journaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
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 DBMSACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication

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