The Apache Derby project is pleased to announce feature release 10.11.1.1.
Apache Derby is a subproject of the Apache DB project. Derby is a pure
Java relational database engine which conforms to the ISO/ANSI SQL and
JDBC standards. Derby aims to be easy for developers and end-users to
work with.
Derby 10.11.1.1 can be obtained from the Derby download site:
http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html.
Derby 10.11.1.1 contains the following new features:
* MERGE statement - MERGE is a single, join-driven statement which
INSERTs, UPDATEs, and DELETEs rows.
* Deferrable constraints - Constraint enforcement can now be
deferred, typically to the end of a transaction.
* WHEN clause in CREATE TRIGGER - An optional WHEN clause has been
added which determines which rows fire a trigger.
* Rolling log file - The Derby diagnostic log can now be split
across a sequence of files.
* Experimental Lucene support - Derby text columns can now be
indexed and queried via Apache Lucene.
* Simple case expression - The "simple" and "extended" syntax for
CASE expressions has been added.
* Better concurrency for identity columns - The concurrency of
identity columns has been boosted.
* New ij HoldForConnection command - A new ij command has been
added to change the default cursor holdability.
* Standard syntax for altering column nullability - Standard syntax
has been added for altering the nullability of columns.
In addition, Derby 10.11.1.1 contains many bug, security, and
documentation fixes.
Please try out this new release.
