According to the JavaDoc, there exists a org.apache.derby.impl.io.URLStorageFactory, which is addressed by using the http sub protocol. However, when I attempt to access the following URL, Derby throws an exception: Connection _conn_ = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby:http://localhost:8080/ipinfo");
I don't think this works; I've never seen any discussion of such an URL syntax for Derby. It's an interesting idea, but I don't think you're going to get this to work with the 10.8 version of Derby. Here's some good docs about the current Derby support for Connection URL syntax: http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.8/devguide/cdevdvlp17453.html http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.8/devguide/rdevdvlp22102.html#rdevdvlp22102 thanks, bryan