Database connection URL
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The format for the database connection URL for connecting to a database is:
jdbc:derby:databaseName;URLAttributes
where:
·
databaseName
The name of the database that you want to connect to
·
URLAttributes
One or more of the supported attributes of the database connection URL, such as
;territory=ll_CC
or
;create=true
.
For more information, see the Derby Developer's Guide.
For the network client driver that is provided by Derby, the format for the database
connection URL for connecting to a database is this:
jdbc:derby://server[:port]/databaseName[;URLAttributes=value[;...]]
where the
server
and
port
specify the host name (or IP address) and port number
where the server is listening for requests and
databaseName
is the name of the
database you want to connect to. The
URLAttributes
can be either Derby embedded
or network client attributes. See the Derby Server and Administration Guide for more
information on accessing the Network Server by using the network client.
