How to use Apache Derby on Eclipse

Introduction

As a continuation of the previously written [Eclipse] Installing DB Viewer, I summarized how to use Apache Derby with DB Viewer.

What is Apache Derby

• RDBMS made in Java.
• Has both "client / server mode" like Oracle and MySQL and "embedded mode" like SQLite.

Preparing Apache Derby

download

• Download the JAR file from the Apache Derby site.
• If you look at the Download page, the available versions of Apache Derby differ depending on the Java version, so check the Java version you have. And then download.
• In my case, my Java version was Java8, so I downloaded Apache Derby-10.14.2.0.

Installation

• Extract the ZIP file and place it in the desired folder.
• This time, I placed it under C: \ Program Files.
• This time, I didn't do any work such as passing through the PATH.

Settings on Eclipse

DB registration

• Open the DBViewer perspective, right-click DBViewerPlugin and select Register.

• When the [Database definition-Register database definition] screen opens, enter an arbitrary definition name.
• Next, click [Add File] and set the path of Apache Derby (derby.jar) that you placed earlier as the JDBC driver.

• In the screen called Database Definition-Set Connection Information, select the type of JDBC driver.
• This time, I chose ʻorg.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver` to operate in embedded mode.
• Next, create a connection string, but when you select the driver type, a template will be created, so specify only the folder for DB.
• This time, I specified C: \ Users \ NKOJIMA \ DerbyTest as the folder for DB.
• Also, create = true is written on the screenshot, but this is specified when the specified folder does not exist.

Connection to DB

• Go back to the DB Viewer perspective again, select the DerbyTest you just created and click Connect.

• If the connection to the DB is successful, you can list the schemas in the DB as shown in the figure below.

Use of DB

• In the DBViewer perspective, open the SQL Execution View tab located at the bottom (bottom right) and create the schema.

• If the schema is created successfully, the created schema will be displayed as shown in the figure below.

• Continue to create the table.

• The following table shows the typical data types that can be used with Apache Derby.
• I referred to Derby Reference Manual --Apache Derby 10.14.

• Once the table is created, you can see the definition of the created table as shown in the figure below.

• With the created table selected, you can manually add records by clicking [+] on the right (upper right) panel of the DB Viewer perspective.

• When the data is entered, it will be displayed like this.
• You can also search the entered data by writing a SELECT statement in the [SQL Execution / View] tab located on the lower side (lower right).

[Eclipse] Install DB Viewer

Reference URL

• [Eclipse] Install DB Viewer
• Derby Reference Manual - Apache Derby 10.14