Creating Derby Databases for Read-Only Use

You can create Derby databases for use on read-only media such as CD-ROMs. Derby databases in zip or jar files are also read-only databases. Typically, read-only databases are deployed with an application in an embedded environment.

• Creating and Preparing the Database for Read-Only Use
• Deploying the Database on the Read-Only Media
• Transferring Read-Only Databases to Archive (Jar or Zip) Files
• Accessing a Read-Only Database in a Zip/Jar
• Accessing Databases-in-a-Jar in the Class Path
• Databases on Read-Only Media and DatabaseMetaData