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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenEdge vs. RDF4J vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenEdge vs. RDF4J vs. SWC-DB

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerApplication development environment with integrated database management systemRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.A high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRDF storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.progress.com/­openedgerdf4j.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftProgress Software CorporationSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Alex Kashirin
Initial release2010198420042020
Current releaseV12OpenEdge 12.2, March 20200.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF Schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)Java
PHP
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4noneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groupsno

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