Contents

Copyright

Introducing Derby

• Deployment options
• System requirements

Installing and working with Derby

• Installing Derby
• Setting up your Java environment
• Set the DERBY_INSTALL environment variable
  • Set the class path

Quick start for experienced JDBC users

• Environment quick start
  • Embedded environment
  • Client/server environment
• Libraries and class path
• Driver
• Database connection URL

The Derby documents

• The library

Documentation conventions

• Terminology
• Syntax
• Typography

Appendix A. Derby Libraries: Complete Reference

• Libraries Provided by Derby
• Libraries Not Provided by Derby

Trademarks

Index