> > One additional constraint that might help (for JDO apps) would be to
>  suggest that everyone creates the app using a database that everyone can get
>  - I suggest MySQL. That way, db schemas supplied with competition entries
>  will be easily set up by others without having to rework the SQL and the
>  mapping... or obtain a JDBC driver. People could always supply alternative
>  mappings/schema for their favourite db as well if they want to.

> I concur with this suggestion. However, the only way that MySQL can
> provide transactionality is via the InnoDB table type. So this
> restriction will need to be for 4.x so that InnoDB tables are enabled
> AND the default-table-type=InnoDB option is used either in the my.cnf
> file or on the startup command.

Why not use HSQL as test database?
Setting up this database is really very simple, and compatible to any
environment, because it is a pure Java solution.
We could even provide a pre-packaged template to make it quite easy
for users integrating their examples.

Regards,

    Martin

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