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DBMS > dBASE vs. jBASE vs. PouchDB vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. jBASE vs. PouchDB vs. WakandaDB

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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 multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasepouchdb.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9pouchdb.com/­guideswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAsthon TateRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Apache Software FoundationWakanda SAS
Initial release1979199120122012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20195.77.1.1, June 20192.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
AIX
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalnoyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnono
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDE.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
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 DBMSACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoyes

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