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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. STSdb vs. YottaDB

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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.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.dbase.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4yottadb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAsthon TateSTS Soft SCYottaDB, LLC
Initial release197920112001
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20194.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC#C
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
WindowsDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)no
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.no
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources..NET Client APIPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC#
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.no
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
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 DBMSnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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