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DBMS > dBASE vs. ObjectBox vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. ObjectBox vs. SWC-DB

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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.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score11.18
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.22
Rank#172  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#387  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.dbase.comobjectbox.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperAsthon TateObjectBox LimitedAlex Kashirin
Initial release197920172020
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20190.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Proprietary native APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
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 DBMSACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes
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