One of the key aspects of database design is coming up with a
unique identity for each
record in the database. This may seem like a simple database design problem, but it actually has significant impacts on life in our society.Numerous problems occur when unique identity
is not possible. Take for example the problems the airlines have been having with mistaken identity on the no-fly
list. In...
A
thread on Server Side talks about the relative performance of
Derby compared to other databases, based on a series of tests runs at
polepos. One person evaluating these results uncovered two very
common mistakes that we have encountered when people are running
performance comparisons with Derby.
After Derby graduated last week, those of us working on Derby
thought it would be a great time to get the word out about Derby and
Sun's support of Derby. Noticing that Jonathan Schwartz was
scheduled for a “fireside chat” with Nat Torkington the
following Wednesday at OSCON, we saw it as a golden opportunity for
us to reach a large audience to congratulate Apache Derby for...
It only seems appropriate that my first blog entry is at the
O'Reilly Open Source Conference, a place where it seems everyone
blogs.
I came here because I've just recently gotten involved in the
Apache Derby open source
project, and want to learn as much as I can about the open source
culture, community and tools. Derby has just had a couple good
milestones – just last week we graduated...
