A quick little note to mention the official release of Java 6. Okay, Dan, but why do you care?, you might ask. Good question, oh person-who-does-not-read-headlines.

The reason I care is that Sun chose to bundle Apache Derby in this release -- take a peek in the /db/ subdirectory of the …

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A while back I mentioned on the DSpace-devel mailing list that I was interested in adapting DSpace to use embedded Apache Derby as the default database, rather than PostgreSQL, as a means of lowering the installation and configuration barriers involved with setting up access to an external database. I haven't …

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Just got back from a gruelling Paris - Amsterdam - Berlin - Paris - Toronto series of flights (don't ask) to wrap up my European October getaway and found this sitting on my doorstep.

Yes, sirs and madams, it is the official hard-bound 500+ page book known as Apache Derby: Off to the Races …

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The presentations, handouts, and solutions for the "Deep Dive with Apache Derby: Perl, PHP, and Python" tutorial I gave at OSCON 2005 are finally online, including a couple of last-minute corrections:

• Presentations
• Handouts and solutions

The tutorial (my first solo 3.5 hour teaching session) went reasonably well, although my …

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Heh -- one day after my OSCON tutorial on Apache Derby: Perl, PHP, and Python, where I focused on the 10.1-alpha release from back in May, the Derby team announced the first Derby 10.1 release. Figures that there would be a flurry of activity after my talk

I also …

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If you're looking for a book that covers Apache Derby / IBM Cloudscape top-to-bottom, and you want a gentle introduction to programming database applications with PHP, Perl, Python, JDBC, or .NET, Apache Derby: Off to the Races is the book for you!

No, really... I'm a co-author, responsible for the chapters …

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