This section discusses the basics of the Derby database.
Derby JDBC driver
Derby consists of both the database engine and an embedded JDBC driver. Applications use JDBC to interact with a database. Applications running on JDK 1.5 or earlier, must load the driver in order to work with the database.
Derby JDBC database connection URL
A Java application using the JDBC API establishes a connection to a database by obtaining a Connection object.
Derby system
A Derby database exists within a system.
A Derby database
A Derby database contains dictionary objects such as tables, columns, indexes, and jar files. A Derby database can also store its own configuration information.
Connecting to databases
You connect to a database using a form of the Derby connection URL as an argument to the DriverManager.getConnection call.