The Derby product
documentation consists of the Derby manuals
and the API reference.
- Getting Started with Derby
- Describes how to install and configure Derby.
Includes a self-study tutorial for users new to Derby and a quick-start guide
for experienced JDBC users. This guide introduces the dblook, ij,
and sysinfo tools, and the libraries and scripts that are
included with Derby.
- Derby Developer's Guide
- Describes the functionality and features of Derby common
to all deployments, such as Derby's
JDBC and SQL specifics, deploying Derby applications,
working with properties, security, and other advanced features.
- Derby Reference Manual
- Documents the implementation of the SQL language in Derby.
This guide provides reference information about the JDBC and JTA implementations,
keywords, system tables, properties, and SQLExceptions in Derby.
- Tuning Derby
- This guide
offers performance tips, an in-depth discussion of performance, and information
about the Derby optimizer.
- Derby Tools and Utilities Guide
- Describes how to use the Derby tools
such as dblook, ij, and
sysinfo.
- Derby Server and Administration Guide
- Part One of this guide discusses configuring servers, how to program client
applications, and database administration. In addition, some systems might
require administrative tasks such as backing up databases. These tasks are
independent of any server framework but are unique to multi-user or large
systems.
Part Two of this guide discusses administrative tasks such as
backing up and restoring databases, importing and exporting data, storing
Java code in the database, and debugging deadlocks.
- Derby API Reference
- An API Reference that is automatically generated for all public Derby classes.
No reference is provided for the JDBC API, which is part of the Java Platform,
Standard Edition. For more information about the classes in the API, see the Derby Reference Manual.
You can access the Version 10.8 manuals
and API Reference from the Apache Derby: Documentation page
on the Apache Derby Web site. The product documentation is also installed
with Derby. The manuals
are installed in the docs subdirectory and the API Reference
is installed in the javadoc subdirectory.