Apache Derby -- Off to the Races: Includes Details of IBM Cloudscape (paperback)

Built on the IBM Cloudscape code base, Apache Derby is lauded as the world's only enterprise class, open source, pure Java, fully transactional relational database. In this guide for developers, database experts from IBM explain how to make the most of Apache Derby. First are step-by-step instructions for installing the code on a Windows or Linux workstation for developmental purposes. The next section describes how each of the programming languages supported by Apache Derby interacts with the database engine. The final section is a tutorial, taking the reader through the construction of various features for a sample application. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)