Hi Dyre, The announcement basically looks good. Please see my comments below.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subject: Apache Derby 10.4.1.3 released > > The Apache Derby project is pleased to announce a new feature release > of Derby, 10.4.1.3. > > Apache Derby is a subproject of the Apache DB project. > Derby is a pure Java relational database engine which conforms to the > ANSI SQL and JDBC standards. Derby aims to be easy for developers It's probably better to say ISO SQL instead of ANSI SQL. Or perhaps ISO/ANSI SQL. American national standards aren't that interesting outside the US... ;) > and end-users to work with. > > Derby 10.4.1.3 can be obtained from the Derby download site: > > http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html. > > Derby 10.4.1.3 introduces the following new capabilities: > > * Asynchronous Replication > Allows you to maintain an up to date copy of your (master) database on > a different host(the slave). In the case of crash on the master ^^^ ^^^ missing space a > database you can perform failover to the copy(slave database) and ^^^ missing space > continue serving client requests against your database. > > * Security > o Shutting down the Network Server now supports user authentication, > and in fact requires credentials when authentication is enabled. > > * SQL > o Table Functions. Using table functions and standard SQL, you can pose > sophisticated queries against in-memory collections, flat files, web > resources, non-relational databases, etc.. Table functions also let > you efficiently import data from web feeds, sensor logs, and other > relational databases. > > o Unique constraints on nullable columns. > > o SQL ROW_NUMBER() window function, (for an empty, inlined window > specification). > > o Bracketed comments (/* ... */). > > * Performance and Memory Usage > o New buffer manager with better concurrency. > > o Statement cache in the client driver. > > o Caching of isolation level and current schema in the client > driver. > > * Administration > o Java Management Extensions (JMX) for Java DB, allowing > local and remote monitoring and management of running Java DB instances > (embedded or Network Server). I guess you meant Derby... > o Continuation prompt. ij adds a short "> " prompt to the next line > after a newline has been entered by the user without ending the > statement with a semicolon. > > > Regards, > Dyre > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks, > > -- > > Dyre Tjeldvoll -- Knut Anders
