Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-20 Thread Clint Checketts
FYI I believe that you'll find JavaDB available from Sun which is supposedly Sun's name for Derby. So, if you are confused and see JavaDB it's actually Derby. -Clint On 5/15/07, Shawn Willden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 15 May 2007 12:56:05 pm David Hale wrote: > It may just be my g

Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread Shawn Willden
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 12:56:05 pm David Hale wrote: > It may just be my gut feel, but I would probably only use Derby for > a "development" database rather than to depend on it for a "production" > environment. My current project (at work) is using embedded Derby for production work, and has be

Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread Shawn Willden
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 01:19:39 pm John Finlay wrote: > If you use something like JPA and Hibernate you can allow users to setup > the client with their favorite DB through a simple configuration file. Absolutely. I think this is a really big advantage of using an abstraction layer like JPA/Hibe

RE: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread John Finlay
platforms and programs who do not intend to adopt the web service API) --John From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Finlay Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:53 AM To: LDS Open Source Software Subject: RE: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client I've

Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread David Hale
May 15, 2007 9:53:21 AM Subject: RE: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client p.MsoNormal {margin-left:3.0pt;} I’ve used Derby and HSQL. Both are good embeddable DBs. It sounds like H2 is worth looking into though. For a database abstraction framework, I

Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread Shawn Willden
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 09:23:45 am Steven H. McCown wrote: > I'll second those with my emphasis being on Derby. With all the OSing that > Sun is doing is the Derby source available? Derby isn't from Sun, it's from IBM (original name was Cloudscape). And, yes, source is available, under the Apac

RE: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread John Finlay
I've used Derby and HSQL. Both are good embeddable DBs. It sounds like H2 is worth looking into though. For a database abstraction framework, I would go with the new standard Java Persistence API (JPA). With the JPA and Java 5's annotations and generics, developing a persistence layer is a bree

Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread Tom Welch
You are right. I did not notice it but I went back to the original message and it shows June 15 as the date. Tom John M. Shaw wrote: Did anyone else see Gordon's message come through with a date of June 15, 2007? - Original Message From: Gordon Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LDSOSS

Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread John M. Shaw
Did anyone else see Gordon's message come through with a date of June 15, 2007? - Original Message From: Gordon Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LDSOSS@LISTS.LDSOSS.ORG Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 9:51:04 AM Subject: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client LDS Developers,

Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread Shawn Willden
On Friday 15 June 2007 08:51:04 am Gordon Clarke wrote: > 3) What do you think about the Derby? H2? I've used Derby extensively as an embedded database, with Hibernate to do OO mapping. I found it to be fast, bug-free and very easy to work with. I haven't used H2. Shawn.

RE: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread Steven H. McCown
t: Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client I've used both Derby and H2 and find H2 much faster, easier to use, fault tolerant, and light weight. If you are looking for a great embedded DB, I'd recommend H2. Their code can run in client-server mode but I've not used

Re: [Ldsoss] Database for FamilySearch OpenSource Client

2007-05-15 Thread Tom Welch
I've used both Derby and H2 and find H2 much faster, easier to use, fault tolerant, and light weight. If you are looking for a great embedded DB, I'd recommend H2. Their code can run in client-server mode but I've not used it in that way. Tom Gordon Clarke wrote: LDS Developers, I have t