java.sql.Connection.isReadOnly

If you connect to a read-only database, the appropriate isReadOnly DatabaseMetaData value is returned. For example, Connections set to read-only using the setReadOnly method, Connections for which the user has been defined as a readOnlyAccess user (with one of the Derby properties), and Connections to databases on read-only media return true.

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java.sql.Connection.setTransactionIsolation
java.sql.Connection.setReadOnly