I get this when there is already a directory with that name. If you see the "next exception" you'll probably see that it says the directory already exists.
David On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:12 AM, darie17 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm using Derby as an embedded DB in my Java app. Well, everything works > fine when running the application from my IDE (Netbeans 6.9, jdk1.6.0_21, > Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit). I can create tables, read data out of them etc. > > But: when I deploy my application (i.e. create an installation package > containing the app and other resources) and install it like any other > application, I always get the following exception when the program tries to > initiate the DB: > > Failed to create database 'C:\Program Files\MyApp\myDB', see the next > exception for details. > > myDB is be the folder where Derby should store its files for my app. > > After long debugging sessions :) I noticed something: if I install the > application anywhere else than in Program Files, it works perfectly. That > is > why I think its rather a write access problem. Please notice we are talking > about Windows 7. And the question is: how can I solve it? > > Thanks! > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Failed-to-create-database-tp29415496p29415496.html > Sent from the Apache Derby Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- David W. Van Couvering http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidvc http://davidvancouvering.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/dcouvering
