No, by "pointless amusement," I don't mean Freecell or Minesweeper on Windows. ;)
I was looking at some application servers that used Pointbase as their embedded relational database. As, did Sun's GlassFish at some point (pointed pun intended). So, at some point, Sun was shipping Pointbase with GlassFish, Hypersonic SQL (HSQL) with OpenOffice and JavaDB (also known as Derby, Cloudscape) with JavaSE. This Java Studio Creator's FAQ can't seem to make up its mind whether it is bundled with Pointbase (question 4) or Derby (question 19). http://developers.sun.com/jscreator/reference/faqs/technical/dbaccess/index.jsp Question 4: How do I create a new PointBase database or modify an existing > PointBase database and its data entries? > > The Creator IDE-bundled PointBase Embedded Database Server allows only one > database to be open at a time. > Question 19: What JDBC drivers are included with Java Studio Creator? > > Java Studio Creator is bundled with the Derby database server together > with its JDBC driver to provide local database access and a better > out-of-the-box user experience. > A fellow named, David Van Couvering, has written an amusing blog about the history of the embedded relational data bases including IBM buying Datamirror which owns Pointbase. http://davidvancouvering.blogspot.com/2007/07/dangers-of-depending-on-vendor-and.html It reminds me of that line about standards, something to the effect that the great thing about standards is that we have so many to choose from. My point (another awful pun) is that there seems to be some interest in migrating tables from Pointbase to JavaDB: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-3666/gencz?a=view and here http://developers.sun.com/jsenterprise/nb_enterprise_pack/reference/techart/entpack_javadb_migration.html Would it not be be cool, if one could just point one's copy of OpenOffice BASE at the Pointbase tables and invoke the "Copy Table Wizard" to move them to JavaDB or HSQL or whatever is the official corporate standard embedded Java relational database of the week. Get the point? Jim Callahan Orlando, FL
