I need a very simple (even SQL is more than what I need) embedded database for some persistent stores. Derby seems like it would be ideal, except that even configuring seems to require more than what I need. In particular, I'm seeing in the docs that I need to edit my class path (which I shouldn't need to do for my purposes), that I may need to set up more complex configurations (than I need for my purposes), etc. etc. Can this be simplified?
More specifically; I have Derby downloaded and installed via Maven (actually via SBT in Scala). I want to run it as a purely embedded jar, to provide persistent store and dirt-simple queries. I don't want to worry about shell variables, CLIs, or any similar hooey--just the simplest possible SQL to store/access my data. Can I do this with Derby? My comparison point is bdb the way bdb was under Python several versions ago--not the way bdb has become more recently. Can I achieve a similar level of simplicity? Thanks, Ken
