Compressing derby databases

2007-09-07 Thread Kevin M.
Hello, Maybe I have just missed this in the archives... I am creating a Java desktop app that will only perform read-only accesses (selects only) on some derby databases. I would like to compress the databases using either jar or pack200. But, does derby support databases stored this way?

Re: Compressing derby databases

2007-09-07 Thread Rick Hillegas
Hi Kevin, Derby does support databases stored in jar files. This is described in the Derby Developer's Guide (http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.3/devguide/) in a subsection called Accessing databases from a jar or zip file. Just follow these headings to get to that subsection: JDBC