Hi Rick, Not sure whether there's a formal structure for writing this. If I am a user who reads this release announcement I would love to see some screen shots of new features :). (Not sure about other new features but to PlanExporter we can add a nice screen shot.)
Just a thought! Thanks for your efforts on this release!! On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Rick Hillegas <[email protected]>wrote: > Here's what I have so far. Please help me improve this. I plan to announce > the release tomorrow (Wednesday, December 15). > > Thanks, > -Rick > > -------------------------------- > > The Apache Derby project is pleased to announce feature release 10.7.1.1. > > 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 10.7.1.1 can be obtained from the Derby download site: > > http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html. > > > Derby 10.7.1.1 contains the following new features: > > * Definer's rights - Procedures and functions can now run with their > creators' privileges, rather than with the current user's permissions. > * BOOLEAN data type - Boolean is now a legal data type for columns, > routine arguments, and function return values. > * Table truncation - A new TRUNCATE TABLE command drops all rows in a > table quickly. > * Query plan browsing - A new PlanExporter tool helps developers > visualize query plans better. > * Unicode database names - Remote clients can now use database names > which include Unicode characters outside the ASCII codeset. > > In addition, Derby 10.7.1.1 contains many bug and documentation fixes. > > Please try out this new release. > > -- Best Regards, Nirmal C.S.Nirmal J. Fernando Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/
