* Learn installation, configuration, management, and security * dig deeper with coverage on SQL, troubleshooting, application development, and more Master Apache Derby: the only open source, pure JavaaA A, fully transactional, small-trace RDBMS Apache Derby is the world's only enterprise class open source, pure Java, fully transactional relational database. Apache Derby is built on IBM IBM Cloudscape code was recently the basis of contributions due to the open source community. Now, IBM's own database experts have written a comprehensive guide to make the most of Apache Derby-and commercial colleagues, IBM Cloudscape, in development or production environment.This book systematically introduces the Apache Derby / IBM Cloudscape technology: where appropriate and how to install and configure it-and how to build a reliable business applications and Web services with it, one step at a time. Coverage includes * Comparing Apache Derby with the commercial IBM Cloudscape offering * Deploying Apache Derby / IBM Cloudscape to support development and production environment, / client server environment, multi-threaded applications, and Web servers * Integrating Apache Derby / IBM Cloudscape into open completely source development environment * specific instructions on installing Apache Derby / IBM Cloudscape on Windows (R) and LinuxA (R) workstations-with tips on how to install the code on any platform that has a supported JVM * Understanding how programming languages interact with Apache Derby / IBM Cloudscape * Building complete sample applications step-by-step in JDBC, Windows (ODBC and NET.), PHP, Perl, and Python * Managing and securing Apache Derby / IBM Cloudscape databases * Write SQL code to create, retrieve, and update data * Troubleshooting installations, databases, and applications this book has a companion Web site that contains links to the IBM version of Apache Derby and other downloads code, documentation, articles and other resources to give readers a deeper understanding of some features available in Apache Derby.