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Encyclopedia > List of relational database management systems

See DBMS for a shorter list of “typical”, representative database management systems. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... A database management system (DBMS) is a computer program (or more typically, a suite of them) designed to manage a database, a large set of structured data, and run operations on the data requested by numerous users. ...

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Open-source software

Open source software is computer software which source code is available under a license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that meets the Open_source_definition. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Apache Derby is a Java-based Relational Database Management System that can be embedded in Java programs and used for online transaction processing (OLTP). ... Cloudscape redirects here. ... Firebird (sometimes called FirebirdSQL) is a relational database management system offering many ANSI SQL-2003 features. ... Gladius DB is an object-oriented (OOP) flat-file database management system written in PHP. The database works on PHP serialized files, usually compressed, offers good support of SQL and is extremely efficient in terms of execution time. ... H2 is a relational database management system written in Java. ... HSQL Database Manager HSQLDB is a relational database management system written in Java. ... Ingres (pronounced ingress) is a commercially supported, open-source relational database management system. ... MaxDB is an ANSI SQL-92 (entry level) compliant relational database management system (RDBMS) from SAP AG, which is delivered by MySQL AB as well. ... MonetDB is an open source high-performance database management system developed at the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI; Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica) in the Netherlands. ... MySQL (pronounced (IPA) , my S-Q-L[1]) is a multithreaded, multi-user SQL database management system (DBMS)[2] which has, according to MySQL AB, more than 10 million installations. ... Virtuoso Universal Server is a middleware and database engine hybrid that combines the functionality of a traditional RDBMS, ORDBMS, virtual database, RDF, XML, free-text, Web Application Server, and File Server functionality in a single server product offering. ... PostgreSQL is a free software object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), released under a BSD-style license. ... The SmallSQL Database is a 100% pure Java DBMS for desktop applications. ... SQLite is an ACID-compliant relational database management system contained in a relatively small C programming library. ... txtSQL (pronounced text-sequel) is an object-oriented (OOP) flat-file database management system written in PHP. Working on ordinary textfiles with increased file-security, it offers support for a small subset of SQL and is extremely efficient in terms of execution time. ...

Freeware (proprietary)

The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Adabas D is a Database System owned by Software AG. Besides Adabas D exists Adabas, which has nothing in common except the name with Adabas D. Categories: Stub | Database management systems ... Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) produced by Microsoft. ... Tdbengine is a relational database management system with an integrated programming language. ...

Proprietary software not available without cost

It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... 4th Dimension (or 4D) is a relational database management system and integrated IDE developed by Laurent Ribardière in 1984. ... Look up access in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alpha Five is a database application produced by Alpha Software, similar to Microsoft Access and Filemaker Pro. ... Dataphor is a truly relational database management system, unlike SQL which actually inherently violates several principles of the relational database management model. ... Daffodil DB is a SQL 99 & JDBC 3. ... DB2 is one of IBMs lines of relational database management system (or, as IBM now calls it, data server) software products within IBMs broader Information Management Software line. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... eXtremeDB is an ACID-compliant embedded database management system (DBMS) designed for embedded systems and applications with real-time performance requirements. ... FileMaker Pro is a cross platform database application from FileMaker Inc, known for its combination of power and ease of use. ... Founded in June 2003, Greenplum is headquartered in San Mateo, California and has offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. ... Helix is a pioneering database management system for the Apple Macintosh platform. ... Informix is a family of relational database management system products from IBM, acquired in 2001 from a company (also called Informix or Informix Software) which dates its origins back to 1980. ... InterBase is a relational database management system (RDBMS) currently developed and marketed by CodeGear. ... Kognitio is a UK-based privately-held company that develops solutions to business problems that require the acquisition, rationalisation and analysis of large or complex data. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Jet is the database engine behind Microsofts Access. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) produced by Microsoft. ... Visual FoxPro is a data-centric object-oriented and procedural programming language produced by Microsoft. ... Mimer SQL is an SQL-based relational database management system from the Swedish company Mimer Information Technology AB (formerly: Upright Database Technology AB), which has been developed and produced since the 1970s. ... mSQL or Mini SQL is a lightweight client/server database from Hughes Technologies. ... MySQL (pronounced (IPA) , my S-Q-L[1]) is a multithreaded, multi-user SQL database management system (DBMS)[2] which has, according to MySQL AB, more than 10 million installations. ... // Netezza Corporation produces a data warehouse appliance, Netezza Performance Server (NPS). ... NonStop SQL is a relational database product originally produced at Tandem Computers using the pioneering Ingres source code from University of California, Berkeley. ... OpenBase (TM) is a relational database, originally developed under NeXTSTEP. OpenBase is available today for several platforms, although the bulk of its users are on Mac OS X. External link Openbase. ... The term Oracle database may refer either to the database management system (DBMS) software released by Oracle Corporation as Oracle RDBMS, or to any of the individual databases managed by such software. ... Rdb/VMS is a relational database management system (RDBMS) for the Hewlett-Packard OpenVMS operating system. ... OpenVMS[1] (Open Virtual Memory System or just VMS) is the name of a high-end computer server operating system that runs on the VAX[2] and Alpha[3] family of computers developed by Digital Equipment Corporation of Maynard, Massachusetts (DIGITAL was then purchased by Compaq, and is now owned... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Pervasive PSQL is Pervasive Softwares relational database (RDBMS) product. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... solidDB is a relational database management system offered by Solid Information Technology (Solid). ... Gupta (Hindi: गुप्ता) is a surname of Indian origin. ... Gupta Technologies, LLC is a software development company. ... SQL Anywhere is an RDBMS product from iAnywhere Solutions. ... Sybase Inc. ... Sybase IQ, formally Sybase Adaptive Server IQ, is a relational database software system used for data warehousing, produced by the Sybase corporation. ... Teradata Teradata is a software company, founded in 1979, that develops and sells a relational database management system with the same name. ... TimesTen provides a family of real-time infrastructure software products designed for low latency, high-volume data, event and transaction management. ... Valentina is object-relational DBMS that makes it easy to switch between a local embedded database and server using the same sources. ... Vertica Systems (www. ... VMDS abbreviates the relational database technology called Version Managed Data Store provided by GE Energy as part of its Smallworld technology platform and was designed from the outset to store and analyse the highly complex spatial and topological networks typically used by enterprise utilities such as power distribution and telecommunications. ...

Historical

Micro was one of the earliest relational database management systems. ... Paradox is a relational database management system currently published by Corel Corporation. ... PRTV (Peterlee Relational Test Vehicle [1,2]) was the worlds first relational database management system that could handle significant data volumes -- it was really a relational query system as it had very powerful query facilities, but very limited update facility and no simultaneous multiuser facility. ... Query by Example (QBE) is a method of creating database queries using examples based on a text string, the name of a document or a list of documents. ... SQL/DS (Structured Query Language/Data System) was IBMs first commercial implementation for its mainframe computers of a DBMS (Database Management System) built around the SQL language. ... Sybase SQL Server was the name of Sybase Corporations primary relational database management system product from 1987 to 1995. ...

Truly relational

Current

  • Alphora Dataphor (a proprietary virtual, federated DBMS and RAD MS .Net IDE).
  • CsiDB (proprietary C++ library).
  • D flat (unreleased MS .Net academic project).
  • Duro (free C library).
  • Opus (free C libraries).
  • Rel (free Java implementation).
  • Rosetta (free Perl implementation).
  • Aldat (implemented in Relix and JRelix): A pure relational DBMS implemented in McGill University. It features clear syntax and domain algebra operators.

Dataphor is a truly relational database management system, unlike SQL which actually inherently violates several principles of the relational database management model. ... Rel is an Open Source true relational database management system that implements a significant portion of Chris Date and Hugh Darwens Tutorial D query language. ...

Obsolete

For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ... Business System 12, or simply BS12, was one of was the first fully relational database management systems, designed and implemented by IBMs UK Bureau Service subsidiary. ... IS/1 [1] was the worlds first relational database system, implemented at the IBM United Kingdom Scientific Centre in Peterlee in the years 1970-1972. ... PRTV (Peterlee Relational Test Vehicle [1,2]) was the worlds first relational database management system that could handle significant data volumes -- it was really a relational query system as it had very powerful query facilities, but very limited update facility and no simultaneous multiuser facility. ... Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was an extraordinarily influential early time-sharing operating system. ...

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Relational database management system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (493 words)
A relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system (DBMS) that is based on the relational model as introduced by Edgar F. Codd.
A second, theory-based school of thought argues that if a database does not implement all of Codd's rules (or the current understanding on the relational model, as expressed by Christopher J Date, Hugh Darwen and others), it is not relational.
Database Debunkings - Critical point of view that argues that it is important that the predicate relational should be reserved for those database systems that are fully faithful to the relational model.
Howstuffworks "What are relational databases?" (479 words)
In fact, the relational database was born in 1970 when E.F. Codd, a researcher at IBM, wrote a paper outlining the process.
In the relational database example, you can quickly compare salaries and ages because of the arrangement of data in columns.
Relational databases are created using a special programming language, structured query language (SQL), that is the standard for database interoperability.
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