Product documentation for Derby
Getting Started with Derby
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Product documentation for Derby
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
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.
