The ij.exceptionTrace property specifies whether ij should display a full exception stack trace when exceptions occur.
The default setting is false.
ij.exceptionTrace={ false | true }
In the following example, ij is started with the ij.exceptionTrace property set to true.
java -Dij.exceptionTrace=true org.apache.derby.tools.ij
ij version 10.17 
ij> connect 'jdbc:derby:wombat'; 
ERROR XJ004: Database 'wombat' not found.  
SQL Exception: Database 'wombat' not found.
    at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory.getSQLException(SQLExceptionFactory.java:107)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory.getSQLException(SQLExceptionFactory.java:133)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.Util.generateCsSQLException(Util.java:228)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.Util.generateCsSQLException(Util.java:223)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection.newSQLException(EmbedConnection.java:3198)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection.handleDBNotFound(EmbedConnection.java:766)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection.<init>(EmbedConnection.java:436)
    at org.apache.derby.jdbc.InternalDriver.getNewEmbedConnection(InternalDriver.java:647)
    at org.apache.derby.jdbc.InternalDriver.connect(InternalDriver.java:301)
    at org.apache.derby.jdbc.InternalDriver.connect(InternalDriver.java:932)
    at org.apache.derby.jdbc.AutoloadedDriver.connect(AutoloadedDriver.java:147)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:571)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:187)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.tools.ij.ij.dynamicConnection(ij.java:1486)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.tools.ij.ij.ConnectStatement(ij.java:1316)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.tools.ij.ij.ijStatement(ij.java:1101)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.tools.ij.utilMain.runScriptGuts(utilMain.java:347)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.tools.ij.utilMain.go(utilMain.java:245)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.tools.ij.Main.go(Main.java:229)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.tools.ij.Main.mainCore(Main.java:184)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.tools.ij.Main.main(Main.java:75)
    at org.apache.derby.tools.ij.main(ij.java:59)
    at org.apache.derby.iapi.tools.run.main(run.java:53)
Caused by: ERROR XJ004: Database 'wombat' not found.
    at org.apache.derby.iapi.error.StandardException.newException(StandardException.java:290)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory.wrapArgsForTransportAcrossDRDA(SQLExceptionFactory.java:162)
    at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory.getSQLException(SQLExceptionFactory.java:73)
    ... 22 more
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