- Topics
- Modularity,
- Java,
- Open Source,
- Persistence,
- Unit Testing,
- Data Access
The HyperSQL database (HSQLDB), version 2.0, has been released after 5 years in the making. HyperSQL 2.0 is the worthy successor to HSQLDB 1.8, which has been integrated and used in applications large and small, including the ubiquitous OpenOffice Base application. The new version boasts more features than any other open source database.
- Topics
- Java,
- Data Access
The Apache Derby project has made a beta available of the upcoming 10.3 release. The 10.3 release includes security enhancements, language-based ordering, other features, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Egil Sørensen, a student at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, has also submitted his MS thesis work to add hot standby replication functionality to Derby.
