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DBMS > Microsoft SQL Server vs. OpenEdge vs. OushuDB vs. RavenDB vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison Microsoft SQL Server vs. OpenEdge vs. OushuDB vs. RavenDB vs. SQL.JS

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NameMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabasePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score807.76
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score3.69
Rank#78  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#357  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#102  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.53
Rank#246  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.progress.com/­openedgewww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBravendb.netsql.js.org
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestwww.oushu.com/­documentationravendb.net/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperMicrosoftProgress Software CorporationOushuHibernating RhinosAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release1989198420102012
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 2022OpenEdge 12.2, March 20204.0.1, August 20205.4, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoclose to SQL 92Full-featured ANSI SQL supportSQL-like query language (RQL)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C
C++
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayesyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationhorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4yesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groupsKerberos, SSL and role based accessAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseno

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