Introduction to Derby

Apache Derby is open source RDBMS (Relational database management system) completely written in Java and maintained by Apache.

Is Apache Derby open source?

Yes

Can I embed derby in my Java application?

Yes, Derby provides an embedded JDBC driver that lets you embed Derby in any Java-based solution.

Is Derby providing transaction support?

Yes

What are the deployment options available?

You can deploy Derby in two ways.

a.   Embedding the derby in your Java application

b.   You can deploy it in client-server model, where derby runs on a server, applications connect to that server to access the database

What are the system requirements to use Derby?

a.   JDK 1.6 or higher (To run the derby jvm is enough, but to develop java applications, we require jdk also).

Where can I download Derby documentation?

http://db.apache.org/derby/manuals/index.html

What are you going to learn in this tutorial

·       Setting up Apache Derby

·       Hello World Application using derby client ij

·       Run SQL commands using the client

·       Run a JDBC program using the embedded derby driver

·       Run JDBC program using the client driver and Network Server

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