About this guide
Derby Reference Manual
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About this guide
For general information about the Derby documentation, such as a complete list of books,
conventions, and further reading, see Getting Started with Derby.
Purpose of this document
This book, the Derby Reference Manual, provides reference information about Derby.
It covers Derby's SQL language, the Derby implementation of JDBC, Derby system
catalogs, Derby error messages, Derby properties, and SQL keywords.
Audience
This book is a reference for Derby users, typically application developers. Derby users
who are not familiar with the SQL standard or the Java programming language will
benefit from consulting books on those topics.
Derby users who want a how-to approach to working with Derby or an introduction to
Derby concepts should read the Derby Developer's Guide.
How this guide is organized
This guide includes the following sections:
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Reference information about Derby's SQL language, including manual pages for
statements, functions, and other syntax elements.
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SQL keywords beyond the standard SQL-92 keywords.
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A list of SQL-92 features that Derby does and does not support.
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Reference information about the Derby system catalogs.
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Information about Derby exception messages.
·
Information about Derby's implementation of the Java Database Connectivity
(JDBC) API.
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Information about the supported attributes to Derby's JDBC database connection
URL.
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Information about Derby properties.
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Information about Derby's support for the Java EE platform, in particular support for
the Java Transaction API and the JDBC API.
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Notes about proprietary APIs for Derby.
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