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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. MaxDB vs. OpenEdge vs. PouchDB

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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.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.dbase.commaxdb.sap.comwww.progress.com/­openedgepouchdb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasemaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperAsthon TateSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Progress Software CorporationApache Software Foundation
Initial release1979198419842012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20197.9.10.12, February 2024OpenEdge 12.2, March 20207.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infoclose to SQL 92no
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDE.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4Sharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
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 DBMSACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groupsno

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