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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Valentina Server

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Name

Description

dBase 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.

Object-relational database and reports server

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

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Score	9.00
Rank	#43	Overall
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Score	0.16
Rank	#320	Overall
	#142	Relational DBMS

Website

www.dbase.com

www.valentina-db.net

Technical documentation

www.dbase.com/support/knowledgebase

valentina-db.com/docs/dokuwiki/v5/doku.php

Developer

Asthon Tate

Paradigma Software

Initial release

1979

1999

Current release

dBASE 2019, 2019

5.7.5

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Server operating systems

DOS

dBase Classic
Windows

dBase Pro

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

none

The IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.

ODBC

Supported programming languages

dBase proprietary IDE

.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

The IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

not for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMS

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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