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This is a '''comparison of object-relational database management systems''' (ORDBMSs). Each system has at least some features of an [[object-relational database]]; they vary widely in their completeness and the approaches taken.

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This is a '''comparison of object-relationalobject–relational database management systems''' (ORDBMSs). Each system has at least some features of an [[object-relationalobject–relational database]]; they vary widely in their completeness and the approaches taken.

The following tables compare general and technical information; 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.

== Basic data ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

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| [[SAP AG|SAP]]

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

| Cross-platform

|

|-

| [[InterSystems Caché|Caché]]

| [[InterSystems]]

| Proprietary

| Cross-platform

|

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|-

| [[IBM DB2|DB2Db2]]

| [[IBM]]

| Proprietary

| Cross-platform

|

|-

|GigaSpaces

|[[GigaSpaces]]

|Apache-2.0 or Proprietary

| Cross-platform

|

|-

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| [[Informix]]

| [[IBM]]

| Proprietary

| Cross-platform

|

|-

| [[InterSystems Caché|Caché]]

| [[InterSystems]]

| Proprietary

| Cross-platform

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| [[Microsoft Corporation]]

| Proprietary

| Windows, Linux

| Supports data objects in .NET languages

|-

| [[OpenEdge Advanced Business Language]] (formerly Progress 4GL)

| [[Progress Software Corporation]]

| Proprietary

| Cross-platform

|

|-

| [[Oracle Database]]

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| [[PostgreSQL]]

| PostgreSQL Global Development Group

| [[PostgresPostgreSQL|PostgreSQL License|Postgres]]

| Cross-platform

|

|-

| [[OpenEdge Advanced Business Language]] (formerly Progress 4GL)

| [[Progress Software Corporation]]

| Proprietary

| Cross-platform

|

|-

| [[Virtuoso Universal Server]]

| [[OpenLink Software]]

| [[GNU GPL|GPL]]v2 or proprietary

| Cross-platform

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| GIS for public utilities; can be stored inside Oracle Database

|-

| [[Wakanda (software)|WakandaDB]]

| [[4th Dimension (software)|4th Dimension]]

| [[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL]]v3 or proprietary

| Windows, Linux, Mac OS XmacOS

| Based on REST and Serverserver-Sideside JavaScript

|-

| [[XDB Enterprise Server]]

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| Proprietary

| DOS, Windows NT, OS/2

|

|-

| [[YugabyteDB]]

| [[Yugabyte]]

| Apache 2.0

| Linux

|

|-

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== Object features ==

Information about what fundamental ORDBMSes features are implemented natively.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%; text-align: center;"

! style="width: 10%" |

! [[Datatype|Type]]

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! style="text-align:left;" | [[Oracle database|Oracle]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{efn|No private methods, no way to call super method from a child.</ref>}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

|-

! style="text-align:left;" | [[Wakanda (software)|WakandaDB]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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== See also ==

* [[Comparison of database administration tools]]

* [[Comparison of object database management systems]]

* [[Comparison of relational database management systems]]

* [[List of relational database management systems]]

==References Notes ==

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== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [http://troels.arvin.dk/db/rdbms/ Arvin.dk], Comparisoncomparison of different SQL implementations

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