RE: embedded derby -- does it leak

[Jim Newsham]

Rajesh,   Thanks for the update on DERBY-756.  Regarding DERBY-912, I recognize that it’s a subtask of 756, nevertheless 756 is reported as fixed while 912 is still open.  Is 912 expected to be fixed by v10.2 also?   Thanks, Jim Newsham   From: Rajesh Kartha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:00 PM To: Derby Discussion Subject: Re: embedded derby -- does it leak   Jim Newsham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, some colleagues have told me that they had evaluated derby in the past (a few months ago), and that they passed on it after seeing > memory leak problems which resulted in OutOfMemoryException. Is there a way to get more details on what type of queries were run when they found the OutOfMemory exceptions. DERBY-756 is fixed in v10.2 - http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-756 DERBY-912 is a sub task of the above. I too have not come across any out of memory issues with embedded, hence am very interested in knowing the setup where your colleagues ran into these. -Rajesh On 2/14/06, Jim Newsham <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:   Hi,   We need to include a database along with our Java-based desktop application, and for deployment/maintenance reasons, an embedded database would be ideal.  I'm evaluating whether derby will suit our needs, and so far I really like what I see.  However, some colleagues have told me that they had evaluated derby in the past (a few months ago), and that they passed on it after seeing memory leak problems which resulted in OutOfMemoryException.  The application may need to run for a long time, and may generate a very large amount of data, therefore, a recurring memory leak is a showstopper.  I wanted to give Derby another look before moving on.   I looked through JIRA to try to identify bugs related to memory leaks.  I found:   DERBY-756 (fixed; reported against 10.1.2.1 , but doesn't say which version the fix is applied to) DERBY-912   I skipped over these because they appear to be client/server (please correct me if I'm wrong):   DERBY-210 DERBY-557   I also browsed the derby-user list, but didn't find anything substantive.  So, on to my questions:   How stable, robust, and well-tested is derby?  How often do critical bugs find their way into production releases (please include "memory leaks" in the definition of critical)?  How long does it take for bugs such as the above to make their way into a production release, and when could I reasonably expect these two to be available for production?  Are there other outstanding memory/leak related bugs which I'm not aware of?  Would you recommend Derby for my project?   Thanks,   Jim Newsham