The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of relational database management systems. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions or external programs.
Maintainer | First public release date | Latest stable version | Latest release date | License | Public issues list | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4D (4th Dimension) | 4D S.A.S. | 1984 | v16.0 | 2017-01-10[1] | Proprietary | No |
ADABAS | Software AG | 1970 | 8.1 | 2013-06 | Proprietary | No |
Adaptive Server Enterprise | SAP AG | 1987 | 16.0 SP03 PL07 | 2019-06-10 | Proprietary | No |
Advantage Database Server (ADS) | SAP AG | 1992 | 12.0 | 2015 | Proprietary | No |
Altibase | Altibase Corp. | 2000 | 7.1.0.1.2 | 2018-03-02 | Proprietary | No |
Apache Derby | Apache | 2004 | 10.17.1.0[2] | 2023-11-14 | Apache License | Yes[3] |
ClustrixDB | MariaDB Corporation | 2010 | v7.0 | 2015-08-19 | Proprietary | No |
CockroachDB | Cockroach Labs | 2015 | v20.2.8 | 2021-04-23 | BSL,CCL,MIT,BSD | Yes[4] |
CUBRID | CUBRID | 2008-11 | 11.2.3 | 2023-01-31 | Apache License 2.0, BSD license for APIs and GUI tools | Yes[5] |
Datacom | CA, Inc. | Early 70s[6] | 14[7] | 2012[8] | Proprietary | No |
IBM Db2 | IBM | 1983 | 11.5.9[9] | 2023-11-15; 12 months ago | Proprietary | No |
Empress Embedded Database | Empress Software Inc | 1979 | 10.20 | 2010-03 | Proprietary | No |
Exasol | EXASOL AG | 2004 | 7.1.1 | 2021-09-15; 3 years ago | Proprietary | No |
FileMaker | FileMaker, Inc., an Apple subsidiary | 1985-04 | 19 | 2020-05-20 | Proprietary | No |
Firebird | Firebird project | 2000-07-25 | 5.0.1[10] | 2024-08-02; 3 months ago | IPL[11] and IDPL[12] | Yes[13] |
GPUdb | GIS Federal | 2014 | 3.2.5 | 2015-01-14 | Proprietary | No |
HSQLDB | HSQL Development Group | 2001 | 2.6.1 | 2021-10-21 | BSD | Yes[14] |
H2 | H2 Software | 2005 | 2.1.214 | 2022-06-13 | EPL and modified MPL | Yes[15] |
Informix Dynamic Server | IBM / HCL Technologies | 1980 | 14.10.xC9 | 2022-10-03 | Proprietary | No |
Ingres | Actian | 1974 | 11.2[16] | 2022-05-06 | GPL and Proprietary | No |
InterBase | Embarcadero Technologies | 1984 | XE7 v12.0.4.357 | 2015-08-12 | Proprietary | No |
Linter SQL RDBMS | RELEX Group | 1990 | 6.0.17.53 | 2018-02-15 | Proprietary | Yes[17] |
LucidDB | The Eigenbase Project | 2007-01 | 0.9.4 | 2012-01-05 | GPL v2 | No |
MariaDB | MariaDB Community | 2010-02-01 | 11.5.2[18] | 2024-08-14; 3 months ago | GPL v2, LGPL (for client-libraries)[19] | Yes[20] |
MaxDB | SAP AG | 2003-05 | 7.9.0.8 | 2014 | Proprietary | Yes[21] |
SingleStore (formerly MemSQL) | SingleStore | 2012-06 | 7.1.11 | 2020-10-12 | Proprietary | No |
Microsoft Access (JET) | Microsoft | 1992 | 16 (2016) | 2015-09-22 | Proprietary | No |
Microsoft Visual Foxpro | Microsoft | 1984 | 9 (2005) | 2007-10-11 | Proprietary | No |
Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft | 1989 | 2022[22] | 2022-11-16; 2 years ago | Proprietary | No |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | Microsoft | 2000 | 2011 (v4.0) | Proprietary | No | |
Mimer SQL | Mimer Information Technology | 1978 | 11.0.8E | 2024-10-22 | Proprietary | No |
MonetDB | MonetDB Foundation [23] | 2004 | Aug2024 [24] | 2024-08-26 | Mozilla Public License, version 2.0[25] | Yes[26] |
mSQL | Hughes Technologies | 1994 | 4.1[27] | 2017-06-30 | Proprietary | No |
MySQL | Oracle Corporation | 1995-11 | 8.0.38[28] | 2024-10-15; 38 days ago | GPL v2 or Proprietary | Yes[29] |
NexusDB | NexusDB Pty Ltd | 2003 | 4.00.14 | 2015-06-25 | Proprietary | No |
HPE NonStop SQL | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 1987 | SQL/MX 3.4 | Proprietary | No | |
NuoDB | NuoDB | 2013 | 4.1 | 2020-08 | Proprietary | No |
Omnis Studio | TigerLogic Inc | 1982-07 | 6.1.3 Release 1no | 2015-12 | Proprietary | No |
OpenEdge | Progress Software Corporation | 1984 | 12.8 | 2024-1 | Proprietary | No |
OpenLink Virtuoso | OpenLink Software | 1998 | 7.2.5.1 | 2018-08-15 | GPL v2 or Proprietary | Yes[30] |
Oracle DB | Oracle Corporation | 1979-11 | 23ai[31] | 2023-09-19; 14 months ago | Proprietary | No |
Oracle Rdb | Oracle Corporation | 1984 | 7.4.1.1[32] | 2021-04-21[±] | Proprietary | No |
Paradox | Corel Corporation | 1985 | 11 | 2009-09-07 | Proprietary | No |
Percona Server for MySQL | Percona | 2006 | 8.0.37-29 | 2024-08-06[±] | GPL v2 | Yes |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | Actian | 1982 | v15 | 2021 | Proprietary | No |
Polyhedra DBMS | ENEA AB | 1993 | 9.0 | 2015-06-24 | Proprietary, with Polyhedra Lite available as Freeware[33] | No |
PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL Global Development Group | 1989-06 | 16.1 | 2023-11-09[34] | Postgres License[35] | No[36] |
R:Base | R:BASE Technologies | 1982 | 10.0 | 2016-05-26 | Proprietary | No |
SAP HANA | SAP AG | 2010 | 2.0 SPS04 | 2019-08-08 | Proprietary | No |
solidDB | UNICOM Global | 1992 | 7.0.0.10 | 2014-04-29 | Proprietary | No |
SQL Anywhere | SAP AG | 1992 | 17.0.0.48 | 2019-07-26 | Proprietary | No |
SQLBase | Unify Corp. | 1982 | 11.5 | 2008-11 | Proprietary | No |
SQLite | D. Richard Hipp | 2000-09-12 | 3.47.0[37] | 2024-10-21; 32 days ago | Public domain | Yes[38] |
SQream DB | SQream Technologies | 2014 | 2.1[39] | 2018-01-15 | Proprietary | No |
Superbase | Superbase | 1984 | Classic | 2003 | Proprietary | No |
Superbase NG | Superbase NG | 2002 | Superbase NG 2.10 | 2017 | Proprietary | Yes[40] |
Teradata | Teradata | 1984 | 15 | 2014-04 | Proprietary | No |
TiDB | PingCAP Inc. | 2016 | 8.3.0[41] | 2024-08-22; 3 months ago | Apache License | Yes[42] |
UniData | Rocket Software | 1988 | 8.2.1 | 2017-07 | Proprietary | No |
YugabyteDB | Yugabyte, Inc. | 2018 | 2.20.1.3[43] | 2024-01-25[±] | Apache License | Yes[44] |
Maintainer | First public release date | Latest stable version | Latest release date | License | Public issues list |
The operating systems that the RDBMSes can run on.
Windows | macOS | Linux | BSD | UNIX | AmigaOS | z/OS | OpenVMS | iOS | Android | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4th Dimension | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ADABAS | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Adaptive Server Enterprise | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Advantage Database Server | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Altibase | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Apache Derby | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | No |
ClustrixDB | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
CockroachDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
CUBRID | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
IBM Db2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Empress Embedded Database | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
EXASolution | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
FileMaker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Firebird | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Maybe | No | Yes[45] | No |
HSQLDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | ? |
H2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes |
Informix Dynamic Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Ingres | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | Yes[46] | No | No |
InterBase | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Solaris) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Linter SQL RDBMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Under Linux on IBM Z | Yes | Yes | Yes |
LucidDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MariaDB | Yes | Yes[47] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes[48] |
MaxDB | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Maybe | No | No | No |
Microsoft Access (JET) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft Visual Foxpro | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | No | Yes[49] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mimer SQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[50] | No | Yes |
MonetDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
MySQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes[51] |
Omnis Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenEdge | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenLink Virtuoso | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Oracle | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Oracle Rdb | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | Yes | Yes (OEM only) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Polyhedra | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (MorphOS)[52] | Under Linux on IBM Z[53] | No | No | Yes |
R:Base | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
SAP HANA | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
solidDB | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under Linux on IBM Z | No | No | No |
SQL Anywhere | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
SQLBase | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
SQLite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | No | Yes | Yes |
SQream DB | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Superbase | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Superbase NG | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Teradata | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
TiDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No |
UniData | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
UniVerse | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
YugabyteDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Windows | macOS | Linux | BSD | UNIX | AmigaOS | z/OS | OpenVMS | iOS | Android |
Information about what fundamental RDBMS features are implemented natively.
Database Name | ACID | Referential integrity | Transactions | Fine-grained locking | Multiversion concurrency control | Unicode | Interface | Type inference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4th Dimension | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | GUI & SQL | Yes |
ADABAS | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | proprietary direct call & SQL (via 3rd party) | Yes |
Adaptive Server Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | Yes | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
Advantage Database Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | ? | Yes4 | API & SQL | Yes |
Altibase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | ? | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
Apache Derby | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) [54] | ? | Yes | SQL | Yes |
ClustrixDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | SQL | Yes |
CockroachDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | Yes | Yes | SQL | No |
CUBRID | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | Yes | Yes | GUI & SQL | Yes |
IBM Db2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking)[55] | ? | Yes | GUI & SQL | Yes |
Empress Embedded Database | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | API & SQL | Yes |
EXASolution | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
Firebird | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | API & SQL | Yes |
HSQLDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | SQL | Yes |
H2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes[56] | Yes | SQL | Yes |
Informix Dynamic Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | Yes | Yes | SQL, REST, MQ, and JSON | Yes |
Ingres | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | Yes | Yes | SQL & QUEL | Yes |
InterBase | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | SQL | Yes |
Linter SQL RDBMS | Yes | Yes | Yes (Except for DDL) | Yes (Row-level locking) | ? | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
LucidDB | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | Yes | SQL | Yes |
MariaDB | Yes2 | Yes | Yes2 except for DDL[57][58] | Yes (Row-level locking) | Yes | Yes | SQL | Yes |
MaxDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | SQL | Yes |
Microsoft Access (JET) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | GUI & SQL | Yes |
Microsoft Visual FoxPro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking SMB2) | Yes | No | GUI & SQL | Yes |
Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking)[59] | Yes | Yes | GUI & SQL | Yes |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | GUI & SQL | Yes |
Mimer SQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Optimistic locking) | Yes | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
MonetDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | API & SQL & MAL | Yes |
MySQL | Yes2 | Yes3 | Yes2 except for DDL[57] | Yes (Row-level locking)[60] | Yes | Yes | GUI 5 & SQL | Yes |
OpenEdge | Yes | Yes6 | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | ? | Yes | GUI & SQL | Yes |
OpenLink Virtuoso | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
Oracle | Yes | Yes | Yes except for DDL[57] | Yes (Row-level locking)[61] | Yes | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
Oracle Rdb | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | SQL | Yes |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
Polyhedra DBMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (optimistic and pessimistic cell-level locking)[62] | ? | Yes | API & SQL | Yes |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking)[63] | Yes | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | No[64] |
SAP HANA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | Yes | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
solidDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking) | ? | Yes | API & SQL | Yes |
SQL Anywhere | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Row-level locking)[65] | Yes[66] | Yes | API & GUI & HTTP(S) (REST & SOAP)[67] & SQL | Yes |
SQLBase | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | API & GUI & SQL | Yes |
SQLite | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Database-level locking)[68] | No | Optional[69] | API & SQL | Yes |
Superbase NG | ? | ? | ? | Yes (Record-level locking) | ? | Yes | GUI & Proprietary & ODBC | Yes |
Teradata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Hash and Partition) | ? | Yes | SQL | Yes |
TiDB | Yes | Yes | Yes except for DDL[57] | Yes (Row-level locking)[70] | Yes | Yes | GUI 5 & SQL | Yes |
UniData | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Multiple | Yes |
UniVerse | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Multiple | Yes |
Database Name | ACID | Referential integrity | Transactions | Fine-grained locking | Multiversion concurrency control | Unicode | Interface | Type inference |
Information about data size limits.
Max DB size | Max table size | Max row size | Max columns per row | Max Blob/Clob size | Max CHAR size | Max NUMBER size | Min DATE value | Max DATE value | Max column name size | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4th Dimension | Limited | ? | ? | 65,135 | 200 GB (2 GiB Unicode) | 200 GB (2 GiB Unicode) | 64 bits | ? | ? | ? |
Advantage Database Server | Unlimited | 16 EiB | 65,530 B | 65,135 / (10+ AvgFieldNameLength) | 4 GiB | ? | 64 bits | ? | ? | 128 |
Apache Derby | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 1,012 (5,000 in views) | 2,147,483,647 chars | 254 (VARCHAR: 32,672) | 64 bits | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 128 |
ClustrixDB | Unlimited | Unlimited | 64 MB on Appliance, 4 MB on AWS | ? | 64 MB | 64 MB | 64 MB | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 254 |
CUBRID | 2 EB | 2 EB | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 1 GB | 64 bits | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 254 |
IBM DB2 | Unlimited | 2 ZB | 1,048,319 B | 1,012 | 2 GB | 32 KiB | 64 bits | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 128 |
Empress Embedded Database | Unlimited | 263−1 bytes | 2 GB | 32,767 | 2 GB | 2 GB | 64 bits | 0000-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 32 |
EXASolution | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 10,000 | — | 2 MB | 128 bits | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 256 |
FileMaker | 8 TB | 8 TB | 8 TB | 256,000,000 | 4 GB | 10,000,000 | 1 billion characters, 10−400 to 10400, ± | 0001-01-01 | 4000-12-31 | 100 |
Firebird | Unlimited1 | ≈32 TB | 65,536 B | Depends on data types used | 32 GB | 32,767 B | 64 bits | 100 | 32768 | 31 |
HSQLDB | 64 TB | Unlimited8 | Unlimited8 | Unlimited8 | 64 TB7 | Unlimited8 | Unlimited8 | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 128 |
H2 | 64 TB | Unlimited8 | Unlimited8 | Unlimited8 | 64 TB7 | Unlimited8 | 64 bits | -99999999 | 99999999 | Unlimited8 |
Max DB size | Max table size | Max row size | Max columns per row | Max Blob/Clob size | Max CHAR size | Max NUMBER size | Min DATE value | Max DATE value | Max column name size | |
Informix Dynamic Server | ≈128 PB12 | ≈128 PB12 | 32,765 bytes (exclusive of large objects) | 32,765 | 4 TB | 32,765 | 10125 13 | 01/01/000110 | 12/31/9999 | 128 bytes |
Ingres | Unlimited | Unlimited | 256 KB | 1,024 | 2 GB | 32 000 B | 64 bits | 0001 | 9999 | 256 |
InterBase | Unlimited1 | ≈32 TB | 65,536 B | Depends on data types used | 2 GB | 32,767 B | 64 bits | 100 | 32768 | 31 |
Linter SQL RDBMS | Unlimited | 230 rows | 64 KB (w/o BLOBs), 2GB (each BLOB value) |
250 | 2 GB | 4000 B | 64 bits | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 66 |
MariaDB | Unlimited | MyISAM storage limits: 256 TB; Innodb storage limits: 64 TB; Aria storage limits: ??? |
64 KB3 | 4,0964 | 4 GB (longtext, longblob) | 64 KB (text) | 64 bits | 1000 | 9999 | 64[74] |
Microsoft Access (JET) | 2 GB | 2 GB | 16 MB | 255 | 64 KB (memo field), 1 GB ("OLE Object" field) |
255 B (text field) | 32 bits | 0100 | 9999 | 64 |
Microsoft Visual Foxpro | Unlimited | 2 GB | 65,500 B | 255 | 2 GB | 16 MB | 32 bits | 0001 | 9999 | 10 |
Microsoft SQL Server | 524,272 TB (32 767 files × 16 TB max file size)
16ZB per instance |
524,272 TB | 8,060 bytes / 2 TB6 | 1,024 / 30,000(with sparse columns) | 2 GB / Unlimited (using RBS/FILESTREAM object) | 2 GB6 | 126 bits2 | 0001 | 9999 | 128 |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | 4 GB | 4 GB | 8,060 bytes | 1024 | 2 GB | 4000 | 154 bits | 0001 | 9999 | 128 |
Mimer SQL | Unlimited | Unlimited | 16000 (+lob data) | 252 | Unlimited | 15000 | 45 digits | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 128 |
MonetDB | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 2 GB | 2 GB | 128 bits | -4712-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 1024 |
MySQL | Unlimited | MyISAM storage limits: 256 TB; Innodb storage limits: 64 TB | 64 KB3 | 4,0964 | 4 GB (longtext, longblob) | 64 KB (text) | 64 bits | 1000 | 9999 | 64 |
OpenLink Virtuoso | 32 TB per instance (Unlimited via elastic cluster) |
DB size (or 32 TB) | 4 KB | 200 | 2 GB | 2 GB | 231 | 0 | 9999 | 100 |
Oracle | 2 PB (with standard 8k block) 8 PB (with max 32k block) 8 EB (with max 32k block and BIGFILE option) |
4 GB × block size (with BIGFILE tablespace) |
8 KB | 1,000 | 128 TB | 32,767 B11 | 126 bits | −4712 | 9999 | 128 |
Max DB size | Max table size | Max row size | Max columns per row | Max Blob/Clob size | Max CHAR size | Max NUMBER size | Min DATE value | Max DATE value | Max column name size | |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | 4 billion objects | 256 GB | 2 GB | 1,536 | 2 GB | 8,000 bytes | 64 bits | 01-01-0001 | 12-31-9999 | 128 bytes |
Polyhedra | Limited by available RAM, address space | 232 rows | Unlimited | 65,536 | 4 GB (subject to RAM) | 4 GB (subject to RAM) | 64 bits | 0001-01-01 | 8000-12-31 | 255 |
PostgreSQL[75] | Unlimited | 32 TB | 1.6 TB | 250–1600 depending on type | 1 GB (text, bytea) stored inline or 4 TB using pg_largeobject | 1 GB | Unlimited | −4,713 | 5,874,897 | 63 |
SAP HANA | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
solidDB | 256 TB | 256 TB | 32 KB + BLOB data | Limited by row size | 4 GB | 4 GB | 64 bits | -32768-01-01 | 32767-12-31 | 254 |
SQL Anywhere[78] | 104 TB (13 files, each file up to 8 TB (32 KB pages)) | Limited by file size | Limited by file size | 45,000 | 2 GB | 2 GB | 64 bits | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 128 bytes |
SQLite | 128 TB (231 pages × 64 KB max page size) | Limited by file size | Limited by file size | 32,767 | 2 GB | 2 GB | 64 bits | No DATE type9 | No DATE type9 | Unlimited |
Teradata | Unlimited | Unlimited | 64000 wo/lobs (64 GB w/lobs) |
2,048 | 2 GB | 64,000 | 38 digits | 0001-01-01 | 9999-12-31 | 128 |
UniVerse | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Max DB size | Max table size | Max row size | Max columns per row | Max Blob/Clob size | Max CHAR size | Max NUMBER size | Min DATE value | Max DATE value | Max column name size |
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Temporary table | Materialized view | |
---|---|---|
4th Dimension | Yes | No |
ADABAS | ? | ? |
Adaptive Server Enterprise | Yes1 | Yes – see precomputed result sets |
Advantage Database Server | Yes | No (only common views) |
Altibase | Yes | No (only common views) |
Apache Derby | Yes | No |
ClustrixDB | Yes | No |
CUBRID | Yes (only CTE) | No (only common views) |
IBM Db2 | Yes | Yes |
Empress Embedded Database | Yes | Yes |
EXASolution | Yes | No |
Firebird | Yes | No (only common views) |
HSQLDB | Yes | No |
H2 | Yes | No (only common views) |
Informix Dynamic Server | Yes | No2 |
Ingres | Yes | No |
InterBase | Yes | No |
Linter SQL RDBMS | Yes | Yes |
LucidDB | No | No |
MariaDB | Yes | No4 |
MaxDB | Yes | No |
Microsoft Access (JET) | No | No |
Microsoft Visual Foxpro | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | Yes | No |
Mimer SQL | No | No |
MonetDB | Yes | No (only common views) |
MySQL | Yes | No4 |
Oracle | Yes | Yes |
Oracle Rdb | Yes | Yes |
OpenLink Virtuoso | Yes | Yes |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | Yes | No |
Polyhedra DBMS | No | No (only common views) |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes |
SAP HANA | Yes | ? |
solidDB | Yes | No (only common views) |
SQL Anywhere | Yes | Yes |
SQLite | Yes | No |
Superbase | Yes | Yes |
Teradata | Yes | Yes |
UniData | Yes | No |
UniVerse | Yes | No |
Temporary table | Materialized view |
Information about what indexes (other than basic B-/B+ tree indexes) are supported natively.
R-/R+ tree | Hash | Expression | Partial | Reverse | Bitmap | GiST | GIN | Full-text | Spatial | FOT | Duplicate index prevention | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4th Dimension | ? | Cluster | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No |
ADABAS | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Adaptive Server Enterprise | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | No |
Advantage Database Server | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | No |
Apache Derby | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[87] | ? | ? | No |
ClustrixDB | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
CUBRID | No | No | Yes[88] | Yes[88] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
IBM Db2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[89] | ? | ? | No |
Empress Embedded Database | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
EXASolution | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
Firebird | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No[90] | ? | ? | No |
HSQLDB | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
H2 | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[91] | Yes[92] | ? | No |
Informix Dynamic Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[93] | Yes |
Ingres | Yes | Yes | Ingres v10 | No | No | Ingres v10 | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
InterBase | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
Linter SQL RDBMS10 | No | Yes temporary indexes for equality joins | Yes for some scalar functions like LOWER and UPPER | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[94] | No | No | Yes |
LucidDB | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
MariaDB | Aria and MyISAM tables and, since v10.2.2, InnoDB tables only[95] | MEMORY,[96] InnoDB,5 tables only | PERSISTENT virtual columns only[97] | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[98] | Aria and MyISAM tables and, since v10.2.2, InnoDB tables only[95] | ? | No |
MaxDB | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
Microsoft Access (JET) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[99] | ? | ? | No |
Microsoft Visual Foxpro | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes2 | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
Microsoft SQL Server | Spatial Indexes | Yes4 | Yes3 | Yes | on Computed columns3 | Bitmap filter index for Star Join Query | No | No | Yes[100] | Yes[101] | ? | No |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[102] | ? | ? | No |
Mimer SQL | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
MonetDB | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MySQL | Spatial Indexes[103] | MEMORY, Cluster (NDB), InnoDB,5 tables only | No[104] | No | No | No | No | No | MyISAM tables[105] and, since v5.6.4, InnoDB tables[106] | MyISAM tables[107] and, since v5.7.5, InnoDB tables[108] | ? | No |
OpenLink Virtuoso | Yes | Cluster | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes (Commercial only) | No | No |
Oracle | Yes 11 | Cluster Tables | Yes | Yes 6 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[109] | Yes[110] | ? | Yes[111] |
Oracle Rdb | No | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Polyhedra DBMS | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes7 | Yes | Yes[112] | Yes | Yes[113] | PostGIS[114] | No | No |
SAP HANA | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
solidDB | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
SQL Anywhere | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
SQLite | Yes[115] | No | Yes[116] | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes[117] | SpatiaLite[118] | ? | No |
SQream DB | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Teradata | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ?[119] | ? | ? | No |
UniVerse | Yes | Yes | Yes3 | Yes3 | Yes3 | No | No | No | ? | Yes[120] | ? | No |
R-/R+ tree | Hash | Expression | Partial | Reverse | Bitmap | GiST | GIN | Full-text | Spatial | FOT | Duplicate index prevention |
Union | Intersect | Except | Inner joins | Outer joins | Inner selects | Merge joins | Blobs and clobs | Common table expressions | Windowing functions | Parallel query | System-versioned tables | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4th Dimension | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ADABAS | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Adaptive Server Enterprise | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Advantage Database Server | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
Altibase | Yes | Yes | Yes, via MINUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
Apache Derby | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
ClustrixDB | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
CUBRID | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[88] | ? | ? |
IBM Db2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[126] | Yes[127] |
Empress Embedded Database | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
EXASolution | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Firebird | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
HSQLDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[128] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[128] | ? |
H2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | experimental[129] | Yes[130] | ? | ? |
Informix Dynamic Server | Yes | Yes | Yes, via MINUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[131] | ? |
Ingres | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[132] | Yes[133] | Yes[134] | ? |
InterBase | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Linter SQL RDBMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
LucidDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MariaDB | Yes | 10.3+[135] | 10.3+[136] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[137] | Yes[138] | No[139] | Yes[127] |
MaxDB | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft Access (JET) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
Microsoft Visual Foxpro | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[140] | Yes[141] | Yes[127] |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
Mimer SQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
MonetDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MySQL | Yes | 8+[142] | 8+[143] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 8+[144] | 8+[145] | No[139] | No[127] |
OpenLink Virtuoso | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Oracle | Yes | Yes | Yes, via MINUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes 1 | Yes | Yes[146] | Yes[147] |
Oracle Rdb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
Polyhedra DBMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[148] | No[127] |
SAP HANA | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
solidDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
SQL Anywhere | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
SQLite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | LEFT only | Yes | No | Yes | 3.8.3+[149] | 3.25+[150] | No | No[127] |
SQream DB | ALL only | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Teradata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
UniVerse | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Union | Intersect | Except | Inner joins | Outer joins | Inner selects | Merge joins | Blobs and clobs | Common table expressions | Windowing functions | Parallel query | System-versioned tables |
Type system | Integer | Floating point | Decimal | String | Binary | Date/Time | Boolean | Other | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4th Dimension | Static | UUID (16-bit), SMALLINT (16-bit), INT (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit), NUMERIC (64-bit) | REAL, FLOAT | REAL, FLOAT | CLOB, TEXT, VARCHAR | BIT, BIT VARYING, BLOB | DURATION, INTERVAL, TIMESTAMP | BOOLEAN | PICTURE |
Altibase[151] | Static | SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | REAL (32-bit), DOUBLE (64-bit) | DECIMAL, NUMERIC, NUMBER, FLOAT | CHAR, VARCHAR, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, CLOB | BLOB, BYTE, NIBBLE, BIT, VARBIT | DATE | GEOMETRY | |
ClustrixDB[152] | Static | TINYINT (8-bit), SMALLINT (16-bit), MEDIUMINT (24-bit), INT (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | FLOAT (32-bit), DOUBLE | DECIMAL | CHAR, BINARY, VARCHAR, VARBINARY, TEXT, TINYTEXT, MEDIUMTEXT, LONGTEXT | TINYBLOB, BLOB, MEDIUMBLOB, LONGBLOB | DATETIME, DATE, TIMESTAMP, YEAR | BIT(1), BOOLEAN | ENUM, SET, |
CUBRID[153] | Static | SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | FLOAT, REAL(32-bit), DOUBLE(64-bit) | DECIMAL, NUMERIC | CHAR, VARCHAR, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, CLOB | BLOB | DATE, DATETIME, TIME, TIMESTAMP | BIT | MONETARY, BIT VARYING, SET, MULTISET, SEQUENCE, ENUM |
IBM Db2 | ? | SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | DECFLOAT, REAL, DOUBLE | DECIMAL | CLOB, CHAR, VARCHAR | BINARY, VARBINARY, BLOB | DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE | BOOLEAN | XML, GRAPHIC, VARGRAPHIC, DBCLOB, ROWID |
Empress Embedded Database | Static | TINYINT, SQL_TINYINT, or INTEGER8; SMALLINT, SQL_SMALLINT, or INTEGER16; INTEGER, INT, SQL_INTEGER, or INTEGER32; BIGINT, SQL_BIGINT, or INTEGER64 | REAL, SQL_REAL, or FLOAT32; DOUBLE PRECISION, SQL_DOUBLE, or FLOAT64; FLOAT, or SQL_FLOAT; EFLOAT | DECIMAL, DEC, NUMERIC, SQL_DECIMAL, or SQL_NUMERIC; DOLLAR | CHARACTER, ECHARACTER, CHARACTER VARYING, NATIONAL CHARACTER, NATIONAL CHARACTER VARYING, NLSCHARACTER, CHARACTER LARGE OBJECT, TEXT, NATIONAL CHARACTER LARGE OBJECT, NLSTEXT | BINARY LARGE OBJECT or BLOB; BULK | DATE, EDATE, TIME, ETIME, EPOCH_TIME, TIMESTAMP, MICROTIMESTAMP | BOOLEAN | SEQUENCE 32, SEQUENCE |
EXASolution | Static | TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, | REAL, FLOAT, DOUBLE | DECIMAL, DEC, NUMERIC, NUMBER | CHAR, NCHAR, VARCHAR, VARCHAR2, NVARCHAR, NVARCHAR2, CLOB, NCLOB | N/A | DATE, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL | BOOLEAN, BOOL | GEOMETRY |
FileMaker[154] | Static | Not Supported | Not Supported | NUMBER | TEXT | CONTAINER | TIMESTAMP | Not Supported | |
Firebird[155] | ? | INT64, INTEGER, SMALLINT | DOUBLE, FLOAT | DECIMAL, NUMERIC, DECIMAL(18, 4), DECIMAL(10, 4) | BLOB, CHAR, CHAR(x) CHARACTER SET UNICODE_FSS, VARCHAR(x) CHARACTER SET UNICODE_FSS, VARCHAR | BLOB SUB_TYPE TEXT, BLOB | DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP (without time zone) | BOOLEAN | TIMESTAMP, CHAR(38), User defined types (Domains) |
Type system | Integer | Floating point | Decimal | String | Binary | Date/Time | Boolean | Other | |
HSQLDB[156] | Static | TINYINT (8-bit), SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | DOUBLE (64-bit) | DECIMAL, NUMERIC | CHAR, VARCHAR, LONGVARCHAR, CLOB | BINARY, VARBINARY, LONGVARBINARY, BLOB | DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL | BOOLEAN | OTHER (object), BIT, BIT VARYING, ARRAY |
Informix Dynamic Server[157] | Static + UDT | SMALLINT (16-bit), INT (32-bit), INT8 (64-bit proprietary), BIGINT (64-bit) | SMALLFLOAT (32-bit), FLOAT (64-bit) | DECIMAL (32 decimal digits float/fixed, range 10130 to +10125), MONEY | CHAR, VARCHAR, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, LVARCHAR, CLOB, TEXT | TEXT, BYTE, BLOB, CLOB | DATE, DATETIME, INTERVAL | BOOLEAN | SET, LIST, MULTISET, ROW, TIMESERIES, SPATIAL, GEODETIC, JSON, BSON, USER DEFINED TYPES |
Ingres[158] | Static | TINYINT (8-bit), SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | FLOAT4 (32-bit), FLOAT (64-bit) | DECIMAL | C, CHAR, VARCHAR, LONG VARCHAR, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, LONG NVARCHAR, TEXT | BYTE, VARBYTE, LONG VARBYTE (BLOB) | DATE, ANSIDATE, INGRESDATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL | N/A | MONEY, OBJECT_KEY, TABLE_KEY, USER-DEFINED DATA TYPES (via OME) |
Linter SQL RDBMS | Static + Dynamic (in stored procedures) | SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | REAL(32-bit), DOUBLE(64-bit) | DECIMAL, NUMERIC | CHAR, VARCHAR, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, BLOB | BYTE, VARBYTE, BLOB | DATE | BOOLEAN | GEOMETRY, EXTFILE |
MariaDB[159] | Static | TINYINT (8-bit), SMALLINT (16-bit), MEDIUMINT (24-bit), INT (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | FLOAT (32-bit), DOUBLE (aka REAL) (64-bit) | DECIMAL | CHAR, BINARY, VARCHAR, VARBINARY, TEXT, TINYTEXT, MEDIUMTEXT, LONGTEXT | TINYBLOB, BLOB, MEDIUMBLOB, LONGBLOB | DATETIME, DATE, TIMESTAMP, YEAR | BIT(1), BOOLEAN (aka BOOL) = synonym for TINYINT | ENUM, SET, GIS data types (Geometry, Point, Curve, LineString, Surface, Polygon, GeometryCollection, MultiPoint, MultiCurve, MultiLineString, MultiSurface, MultiPolygon) |
Microsoft SQL Server[160] | Static | TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT, BIGINT | FLOAT, REAL | NUMERIC, DECIMAL, SMALLMONEY, MONEY | CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, NTEXT | BINARY, VARBINARY, IMAGE, FILESTREAM, FILETABLE | DATE, DATETIMEOFFSET, DATETIME2, SMALLDATETIME, DATETIME, TIME | BIT | CURSOR, TIMESTAMP, HIERARCHYID, UNIQUEIDENTIFIER, SQL_VARIANT, XML, TABLE, Geometry, Geography, Custom .NET datatypes |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database)[161] | Static | TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT, BIGINT | FLOAT, REAL | NUMERIC, DECIMAL, MONEY | NCHAR, NVARCHAR, NTEXT | BINARY, VARBINARY, IMAGE | DATETIME | BIT | TIMESTAMP, ROWVERSION, UNIQUEIDENTIFIER, IDENTITY, ROWGUIDCOL |
Mimer SQL | Static | SMALLINT, INT, BIGINT, INTEGER(n) | FLOAT, REAL, DOUBLE, FLOAT(n) | NUMERIC, DECIMAL | CHAR, VARCHAR, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, CLOB, NCLOB | BINARY, VARBINARY, BLOB | DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL | BOOLEAN | DOMAINS, USER-DEFINED TYPES (including the pre-defined spatial data types location, latitude, longitude and coordinate, and UUID) |
MonetDB | Static, extensible | TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT, INTEGER, BIGINT, HUGEINT, SERIAL, BIGSERIAL | FLOAT, FLOAT(n), REAL, DOUBLE, DOUBLE PRECISION | DECIMAL, NUMERIC | CHAR, CHAR(n), VARCHAR(n), CLOB, CLOB(n), TEXT, STRING | BLOB, BLOB(n) | DATE, TIME, TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, INTERVAL MONTH, INTERVAL DAY, INTERVAL SECOND | BOOLEAN | JSON, JSON(n), URL, URL(n), INET, UUID, GIS data types (Geometry, Point, Curve, LineString, Surface, Polygon, GeometryCollection, MultiPoint, MultiCurve, MultiLineString, MultiSurface, MultiPolygon), User Defined Types |
MySQL[152] | Static | TINYINT (8-bit), SMALLINT (16-bit), MEDIUMINT (24-bit), INT (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | FLOAT (32-bit), DOUBLE (aka REAL) (64-bit) | DECIMAL | CHAR, BINARY, VARCHAR, VARBINARY, TEXT, TINYTEXT, MEDIUMTEXT, LONGTEXT | TINYBLOB, BLOB, MEDIUMBLOB, LONGBLOB | DATETIME, DATE, TIMESTAMP, YEAR | BIT(1), BOOLEAN (aka BOOL) = synonym for TINYINT | ENUM, SET, GIS data types (Geometry, Point, Curve, LineString, Surface, Polygon, GeometryCollection, MultiPoint, MultiCurve, MultiLineString, MultiSurface, MultiPolygon) |
OpenLink Virtuoso[162] | Static + Dynamic | INT, INTEGER, SMALLINT | REAL, DOUBLE PRECISION, FLOAT, FLOAT(n) | DECIMAL, DECIMAL(n), DECIMAL(m, n), NUMERIC, NUMERIC(n), NUMERIC(m, n) | CHARACTER, CHAR(n), VARCHAR, VARCHAR(n), NVARCHAR, NVARCHAR(n) | BLOB | TIMESTAMP, DATETIME, TIME, DATE | N/A | ANY, REFERENCE (IRI, URI), UDT (User Defined Type), GEOMETRY (BOX, BOX2D, BOX3D, BOXM, BOXZ, BOXZM, CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, EMPTY, GEOMETRYCOLLECTION, GEOMETRYCOLLECTIONM, GEOMETRYCOLLECTIONZ, GEOMETRYCOLLECTIONZM, LINESTRING, LINESTRINGM, LINESTRINGZ, LINESTRINGZM, MULTICURVE, MULTILINESTRING, MULTILINESTRINGM, MULTILINESTRINGZ, MULTILINESTRINGZM, MULTIPOINT, MULTIPOINTM, MULTIPOINTZ, MULTIPOINTZM, MULTIPOLYGON, MULTIPOLYGONM, MULTIPOLYGONZ, MULTIPOLYGONZM, POINT, POINTM, POINTZ, POINTZM, POLYGON, POLYGONM, POLYGONZ, POLYGONZM, POLYLINE, POLYLINEZ, RING, RINGM, RINGZ, RINGZM) |
Type system | Integer | Floating point | Decimal | String | Binary | Date/Time | Boolean | Other | |
Oracle[163] | Static + Dynamic (through ANYDATA) | NUMBER | BINARY_FLOAT, BINARY_DOUBLE | NUMBER | CHAR, VARCHAR2, CLOB, NCLOB, NVARCHAR2, NCHAR, LONG (deprecated) | BLOB, RAW, LONG RAW (deprecated), BFILE | DATE, TIMESTAMP (with/without TIME ZONE), INTERVAL | N/A | SPATIAL, IMAGE, AUDIO, VIDEO, DICOM, XMLType, UDT, JSON |
Actian Zen (PSQL)[164] | Static | BIGINT, INTEGER, SMALLINT, TINYINT, UBIGINT, UINTEGER, USMALLINT, UTINYINT | BFLOAT4, BFLOAT8, DOUBLE, FLOAT | DECIMAL, NUMERIC, NUMERICSA, NUMERICSLB, NUMERICSLS, NUMERICSTB, NUMERICSTS | CHAR, LONGVARCHAR, VARCHAR | BINARY, LONGVARBINARY, VARBINARY | DATE, DATETIME, TIME | BIT | CURRENCY, IDENTITY, SMALLIDENTITY, TIMESTAMP, UNIQUEIDENTIFIER |
Polyhedra[165] | Static | INTEGER8 (8-bit), INTEGER(16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), INTEGER64 (64-bit) | FLOAT32 (32-bit), FLOAT (aka REAL; 64-bit) | N/A | VARCHAR, LARGE VARCHAR (aka CHARACTER LARGE OBJECT) | LARGE BINARY (aka BINARY LARGE OBJECT) | DATETIME | BOOLEAN | N/A |
PostgreSQL[166] | Static | SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | REAL (32-bit), DOUBLE PRECISION (64-bit) | DECIMAL, NUMERIC | CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT | BYTEA | DATE, TIME (with/without TIME ZONE), TIMESTAMP (with/without TIME ZONE), INTERVAL | BOOLEAN | ENUM, POINT, LINE, LSEG, BOX, PATH, POLYGON, CIRCLE, CIDR, INET, MACADDR, BIT, UUID, XML, JSON, JSONB, arrays, composites, ranges, custom |
SAP HANA | Static | TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT | SMALLDECIMAL, REAL, DOUBLE, FLOAT, FLOAT(n) | DECIMAL | VARCHAR, NVARCHAR, ALPHANUM, SHORTTEXT | VARBINARY, BINTEXT, BLOB | DATE, TIME, SECONDDATE, TIMESTAMP | BOOLEAN | CLOB, NCLOB, TEXT, ARRAY, ST_GEOMETRY, ST_POINT, ST_MULTIPOINT, ST_LINESTRING, ST_MULTILINESTRING, ST_POLYGON, ST_MULTIPOLYGON, ST_GEOMETRYCOLLECTION, ST_CIRCULARSTRING |
solidDB | Static | TINYINT (8-bit), SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | REAL (32-bit), DOUBLE (64-bit), FLOAT (64-bit) | DECIMAL, NUMERIC (51 digits) | CHAR, VARCHAR, LONG VARCHAR, WCHAR, WVARCHAR, LONG WVARCHAR | BINARY, VARBINARY, LONG VARBINARY | DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP | ||
SQLite[167] | Dynamic | INTEGER (64-bit) | REAL (aka FLOAT, DOUBLE) (64-bit) | N/A | TEXT (aka CHAR, CLOB) | BLOB | N/A | N/A | N/A |
SQream DB[168] | Static | TINYINT (8-bit), SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | REAL (32-bit), DOUBLE (aka FLOAT) (64-bit) | N/A | CHAR, VARCHAR, NVARCHAR | N/A | DATE, DATETIME (aka TIMESTAMP) | BOOL | N/A |
Type system | Integer | Floating point | Decimal | String | Binary | Date/Time | Boolean | Other | |
Teradata | Static | BYTEINT (8-bit), SMALLINT (16-bit), INTEGER (32-bit), BIGINT (64-bit) | FLOAT (64-bit) | DECIMAL, NUMERIC (38 digits) | CHAR, VARCHAR, CLOB | BYTE, VARBYTE, BLOB | DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP (w/wo TIME ZONE) | PERIOD, INTERVAL, GEOMETRY, XML, JSON, UDT (User Defined Type) | |
UniData | Dynamic | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
UniVerse | Dynamic | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Type system | Integer | Floating point | Decimal | String | Binary | Date/Time | Boolean | Other |
Information about what other objects are supported natively.
Data domain | Cursor | Trigger | Function1 | Procedure1 | External routine1 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4th Dimension | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ADABAS | ? | Yes | ? | Yes? | Yes? | Yes |
Adaptive Server Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Advantage Database Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Altibase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Apache Derby | No | Yes | Yes | Yes2 | Yes2 | Yes2 |
ClustrixDB | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CUBRID | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes2 | Yes |
Empress Embedded Database | Yes via RANGE CHECK | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
EXASolution | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IBM Db2 | Yes via CHECK CONSTRAINT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Firebird | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HSQLDB | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
H2 | Yes | No | Yes2 | Yes2 | Yes2 | Yes |
Informix Dynamic Server | Yes via CHECK | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes 5 |
Ingres | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
InterBase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Linter SQL RDBMS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
LucidDB | No | Yes | No | Yes2 | Yes2 | Yes2 |
MariaDB | Yes[169] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MaxDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Microsoft Access (JET) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes, But single DML/DDL Operation | Yes |
Microsoft Visual Foxpro | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Mimer SQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MonetDB | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MySQL | No 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Oracle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Oracle Rdb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
OpenLink Virtuoso | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Polyhedra DBMS | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SAP HANA | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
solidDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SQL Anywhere | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SQLite | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Teradata | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
UniData | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
UniVerse | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Data domain | Cursor | Trigger | Function1 | Procedure1 | External routine1 |
Information about what partitioning methods are supported natively.
Range | Hash | Composite (Range+Hash) | List | Expression | Round Robin | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4th Dimension | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ADABAS | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Adaptive Server Enterprise | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
Advantage Database Server | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Altibase | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
Apache Derby | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
ClustrixDB | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
CUBRID | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
IBM Db2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Empress Embedded Database | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
EXASolution | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
Firebird | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
HSQLDB | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
H2 | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Informix Dynamic Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ingres | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
InterBase | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Linter SQL RDBMS | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
MariaDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
MaxDB | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Microsoft Access (JET) | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Microsoft Visual Foxpro | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | via computed column | via computed column | Yes | via computed column | ? |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Mimer SQL | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
MonetDB | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
MySQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Oracle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | via Virtual Columns | ? |
Oracle Rdb | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
OpenLink Virtuoso | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
Polyhedra DBMS | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
SAP HANA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
solidDB | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? |
SQL Anywhere | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
SQLite | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Teradata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
UniVerse | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Range | Hash | Composite (Range+Hash) | List | Expression | Round Robin |
Information about access control functionalities.
Native network encryption1 | Brute-force protection | Enterprise directory compatibility | Password complexity rules2 | Patch access3 | Run unprivileged4 | Audit | Resource limit | Separation of duties (RBAC)5 | Security Certification | Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4D | Yes (with SSL) | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Adaptive Server Enterprise | Yes (optional; to pay) | Yes | Yes (optional ?) | Yes | Partial (need to register; depend on which product)[170] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (EAL4+ 1) | ? |
Advantage Database Server | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? |
CUBRID | Yes (with SSL) | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
IBM Db2 | Yes | ? | Yes (LDAP, Kerberos...) | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (EAL4+6) | ? |
Empress Embedded Database | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? |
EXASolution | No | Yes | Yes (LDAP) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Firebird | Yes | Yes[171] | Yes (Windows trusted authenification) | Yes (by custom plugin) | Yes (no security page)[172] | Yes | Yes[173] | Yes | No7 | ? | ? |
HSQLDB | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
H2 | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Informix Dynamic Server | Yes | ? | Yes10 | ?10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
Linter SQL RDBMS | Yes (with SSL) | Yes | Yes | Yes (length only) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MariaDB | Yes (SSL) | No | Yes (with 5.2, but not on Windows servers) | Yes[174][175] | Yes[176] | Yes | ? | ? | ?8 | No | ? |
Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | ? | Yes (Microsoft Active Directory) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (From 2008) | Yes | Yes | Yes (EAL4+11) | ? |
Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | No (not relevant, only file permissions) | No (not relevant) | No (not relevant) | No (not relevant) | Yes | Yes (file access) | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? |
Mimer SQL | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes (depending on OS) | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
MySQL | Yes (SSL with 4.0) | No | Yes (with 5.5, but only in commercial edition) | No | Partial (no security page)[177] | Yes | ? | ? | ?8 | Yes | ? |
OpenLink Virtuoso | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes | No | Yes (optional) |
Oracle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (EAL21) | ? |
Actian Zen (PSQL) | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes 12 | No | No | No | ? |
Polyhedra DBMS | Yes (with SSL. Optional) | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes 13 | Yes | Yes 13 | No | ? |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes (LDAP, Kerberos...9) | Yes (with passwordcheck module) | Yes[178] | Yes | Yes (with pgaudit extension)[179] | Yes | Yes | Yes (EAL2+1) | ? |
SAP HANA | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
solidDB | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
SQL Anywhere | Yes | ? | Yes (Kerberos) | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (EAL2+1 as Adaptive Server Anywhere) | ? |
SQLite | No (not relevant, only file permissions) | No (not relevant) | No (not relevant) | No (not relevant) | Partial (no security page)[180] | Yes (file access) | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Teradata | Yes | No | Yes (LDAP, Kerberos...) | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Native network encryption1 | Brute-force protection | Enterprise directory compatibility | Password complexity rules2 | Patch access3 | Run unprivileged4 | Audit | Resource limit | Separation of duties (RBAC)5 | Security Certification | Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) |
This section possibly contains original research. (June 2010) |
The SQL specification defines what an "SQL schema" is; however, databases implement it differently. To compound this confusion the functionality can overlap with that of a parent database. An SQL schema is simply a namespace within a database; things within this namespace are addressed using the member operator dot ".". This seems to be a universal among all of the implementations.
A true fully (database, schema, and table) qualified query is exemplified as such: SELECT * FROM database.schema.table
Both a schema and a database can be used to isolate one table, "foo", from another like-named table "foo". The following is pseudo code:
SELECT * FROM database1.foo
vs. SELECT * FROM database2.foo
(no explicit schema between database and table)SELECT * FROM [database1.]default.foo
vs. SELECT * FROM [database1.]alternate.foo
(no explicit database prefix)The problem that arises is that former MySQL users will create multiple databases for one project. In this context, MySQL databases are analogous in function to PostgreSQL-schemas, insomuch as PostgreSQL deliberately lacks off-the-shelf cross-database functionality (preferring multi-tenancy) that MySQL has. Conversely, PostgreSQL has applied more of the specification implementing cross-table, cross-schema, and then left room for future cross-database functionality.
MySQL aliases schema with database behind the scenes, such that CREATE SCHEMA
and CREATE DATABASE
are analogs. It can therefore be said that MySQL has implemented cross-database functionality, skipped schema functionality entirely, and provided similar functionality into their implementation of a database. In summary, PostgreSQL fully supports schemas and multi-tenancy by strictly separating databases from each other and thus lacks some functionality MySQL has with databases, while MySQL does not even attempt to support standard schemas.
Oracle has its own spin where creating a user is synonymous with creating a schema. Thus a database administrator can create a user called PROJECT and then create a table PROJECT.TABLE. Users can exist without schema objects, but an object is always associated with an owner (though that owner may not have privileges to connect to the database). With the 'shared-everything' Oracle RAC architecture, the same database can be opened by multiple servers concurrently. This is independent of replication, which can also be used, whereby the data is copied for use by different servers. In the Oracle implementation, a 'database' is a set of files which contains the data while the 'instance' is a set of processes (and memory) through which a database is accessed.
Informix supports multiple databases in a server instance like MySQL. It supports the CREATE SCHEMA
syntax as a way to group DDL statements into a single unit creating all objects created as a part of the schema as a single owner. Informix supports a database mode called ANSI mode which supports creating objects with the same name but owned by different users.
PostgreSQL and some other databases have support for foreign schemas, which is the ability to import schemas from other servers as defined in ISO/IEC 9075-9 (published as part of SQL:2008). This appears like any other schema in the database according to the SQL specification while accessing data stored either in a different database or a different server instance. The import can be made either as an entire foreign schema or merely certain tables belonging to that foreign schema.[186] While support for ISO/IEC 9075-9 bridges the gap between the two competing philosophies surrounding schemas, MySQL and Informix maintain an implicit association between databases while ISO/IEC 9075-9 requires that any such linkages be explicit in nature.