Re: Derby v SQLite

[David Leader]

I found the replies to my query interesting. I guess I need to ask my  
son why he favours SQLite. I much prefer to stick with a Java-based  
solution as writing academic software on the Mac it has to be cross- 
platform, and I was unaware - and found it heartening - that Sun's  
JavaDB was an implementation of Derby. (OK, for server stuff it  
doesn't matter. Hell, I have Perl scripts called by my Servlet-based  
web app.) I guess that the one reason that Google preferred SQL is  
that it could not rely on Java being installed on user's machines. In  
a way Microsoft made the decision for them.

David
PS If anyone is interested in my final executable app with the  
embedded Derby db, they can download it from <http://motif.gla.ac.uk/ 
dihedralizer.html>. Even if you don't understand it, you can get some  
pretty pictures :-)