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Name

Description

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.23
Rank	#283	Overall
	#133	Relational DBMS

Score	1.18
Rank	#162	Overall
	#77	Relational DBMS

Website

google.github.io/lovefield

www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/rdb/overview/index.html

Technical documentation

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

Developer

Google

Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Initial release

2014

1984

Current release

2.1.12, February 2017

7.4.1.1, 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

HP Open VMS

Data scheme

yes

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

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

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

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

yes

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Triggers

Using read-only observers

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

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

yes, on a single node

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

using MemoryDB

User concepts

Access control

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Recent citations in the news

Lovefield: An SQL-like Query Engine by Google
18 November 2014, InfoQ.com

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