This document includes the following sections.
Explains the installation layout.
Explains how to upgrade a database created with a previous version of Derby.
Basic details for using Derby, including loading the JDBC driver, specifying a database URL, starting Derby, and working with Derby properties.
An overview of different deployment scenarios, and tips for getting the details right when deploying applications.
Describes how to program database-side JDBC routines, triggers, and table functions.
JDBC, cursors, locking and isolation levels, and multiple connections.
Information for programmers developing back-end components in a J2EE system.
Tips for tool designers.
Insiders' tricks of the trade for using SQL.
An overview of database localization.
Describes those parts of Derby that are non-standard or not typical for a database system.