Other Non-SQL Databases

WB 

WB is a disk based, sorted associative array C library. WB also has an interface to Scheme programming language. GPL'ed.

 

Raima 

Raima offers their Raima Database Manager++ (RDM++), which is a db_VISTA follow-on.

 

Qddb 

Qddb is a file-based database. Includes a graphical report generator, CGI toolkit, some applets: address-book, contact manager, bug tracker, etc.

 

Texpress 

Texpress is an object-oriented database server from KE Software. Excels in free-text and OO applications. Includes support for Texql, a SQL-like query language.

 

FairCom 

FairCom offers the FairCom Server. This uses a proprietary interface, c-tree for access. Features:

• multi-threaded
• high concurrency w/ record-level write locks
• Two transaction modes:
  • Transaction Lite -- guaranteed atomic updates with commit/rollback but without transaction logging
  • Transaction Full -- transaction commit/rollback with full logging.
• ODBC, ISAM, c-tree support

Faircom also markets a report generator, a Java interface, ODBC drivers and a 4GL language for rapid application development.

 

LanBase 

LanBase is a distributed, replicated RDBMS using proprietary formats and network protocols.

 

CSLIB, the C++ database library 

 CSLIBcontains a series of C++ classes which in combination with a program generator is used to build databases with automatically updated indexes, easy access to fields, export to dBase, and more. It includes classes for variable-length records, virtual heaps, btrees, etc. CSLIB produces small, fast stand-alone executables. It's available for DOS, Windows, Windows95/NT, OS/2 and Linux.

 

LEAP 

LEAP is a free RDBMS that has been used as an educational tool in Universities around the world to aid the students as they learn database theory. It has also been used as a light weight back end database system. LEAP is in active development by the author.