Hi Dev,
Your question seems to center on Netbeans configuration. You may get
better, faster answers if you pose these configuration questions to the
Netbeans lists. However, here is a crude way to figure out what version
of Derby you are using:
Inside Netbeans, click through these menus:
Tools -> Java DB Database -> Settings
This will pop up a window which describes your Derby configuration. In
particular, the "Java DB Installation" line will tell you where Netbeans
is looking for Derby software. Let's say that line tells you that Derby
is located at "/foo/bar/wibble". In a shell window, type the following
command:
java -jar /foo/bar/wibble/lib/derbyrun.jar sysinfo
This will print out information on the version of Derby which lives in
that installation.
Hope this helps,
-Rick
Devang kamdar wrote:
Thanks for the response Rick.
I am not able to verify from the IDE.
However, I checked the release notes online for NetBeans and it says,
under tested drivers
*Tested Drivers*
NetBeans IDE 6.0 has been tested with the following databases and drivers.
Driver
Version
Example URL
JavaDB Derby 10.3.1.4 <http://10.3.1.4>
|jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/sample| (Network)
Oracle Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.3 <http://10.2.0.3>)
|jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost:1521:ora9i|
PostgreSQL 8.2 Build 506
|jdbc:postgresql://jbrave-pc1.sfbay.sun.com:5432/postgres
<http://jbrave-pc1.sfbay.sun.com:5432/postgres>|
MySQL MySQL Connector/J 5.0.7
Here is the link to NB Release notes:
http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/60/relnotes.html#sql-db
Does this mean, its running 10.3.1.4 <http://10.3.1.4> version of
Derby(Java DB)?
If I am not interpreting it correctly, is there a concrete way of
checking, which version of Derby am I running?
Also, if I am running an older version that is not supporting the DROP
command, is there a way, I can integrate the newer version of JAVA-DB
in NB?
Cos NB is giving me a very easy and nice interface to work with Java
DB and makes creating and populating tables much faster.
OR
as an alternative, are there any GUIs available to work with bare
JAVA-DB database like toad?
Please let me know your suggestions.
Thanks
Dev.
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Rick Hillegas
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Hi Dev,
Do you know what version of Derby you are using with Netbeans?
Column dropping and renaming were added to Derby in release
10.3.1.4 <http://10.3.1.4>.
Hope this helps,
-Rick
Devang kamdar wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to get started with Derby and Netbeans
I am not able to use the DROP command.
Getting following error in NetBeans (Derby Integrated)
Error code -1, SQL state 42X01: Syntax error: Encountered
"DROP" at line 2, column 1.
Line 1, column 1
Here is the SQL statement:
ALTER TABLE TRAN
DROP COLUMN TRAN_DESC
Also, is there a way to rename a column?
Right now I am trying to DROP it and ADD it again.
I am just creating the DB, so there is no data at present and
this seems reasonable work-around.
But what if my DB is populated? If I Drop the column, I will
loose all the data?
Is there a viable alternative?
Please let me know.
Thanks
Dev.
