The driver that you need to access the Network Server is: org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver
The syntax of the URL that is required to access the Network Server is:jdbc:derby://<server>[:<port>]/
<databaseName>[;<URL attribute>=<value> [;...]]
where the <URL attribute> is either a embedded or network
client attribute.
Standard JDBC DataSource properties
Property
Type
Description
URL attribute
Notes
databaseName
String
The name of the database. This property is required.
This property is also available using EmbeddedDataSource.
dataSourceName
String
The data source name.
This property is also available using EmbeddedDataSource.
description
String
A description of the data source.
This property is also available using EmbeddedDataSource.
user
String
The user's account name.
user
Default is APP. This property is also available using
EmbeddedDataSource.
password
String
The user's database password.
password
This property is also available using EmbeddedDataSource.
serverName
String
The host name or TCP/IP address where the server is
listening for requests.
Default is "localhost".
portNumber
Integer
The port number where the server is listening for requests.
Default is "1527".
Client-specific DataSource properties
Property
Type
Description
URL attribute
Notes
traceFile
String
The filename for tracing output. Setting this property
turns on tracing. See .
traceFile
traceDirectory
String
The directory for the tracing output. Each connection
will send output to a separate file. Setting this property turns on tracing.
See .
traceDirectory
traceLevel
Integer
The level of client tracing if traceFile or traceDirectory are
set.
traceLevel
The default is TRACE_ALL.
traceFileAppend
Boolean
Value is true if tracing output should append to the
existing trace file.
traceFileAppend
The default is false.
securityMechanism
Integer
The security mechanism. See .
securityMechanism
The default is USER_ONLY _SECURITY.
retrieveMessageText
Boolean
Retrieve message text from the server. A stored procedure
is called to retrieve the message text with each SQLException and might
start a new unit of work. Set this property to false if you do not want the
performance impact or when starting new units of work.
retrieveMessageText
The default is true.
ssl
String
The SSL mode for the client connection. See
ssl
The default is off.
Server-Specific DataSource properties
Property
Type
Description
URL attributes
Notes
connectionAttributes
String
Set to the list of embedded
connection attributes separated by semicolons.
Various
This property is also available using EmbeddedDataSource.
See the for more information
about the various connection attributes.
createDatabase
String
If set to "create", create the database specified with databaseName property.
create
This property is also available using EmbeddedDataSource.
See the for more information.
Similar to setting connectionAttribute to "create=true". Only "create" is allowed, other values equate to null. The result of conflicting settings of createDatabase, shutdownDatabase and connectionAttributes is undefined.
shutdownDatabase
String
If set to "shutdown", shutdown the database specified with databaseName property.
shutdown
This property is also available using EmbeddedDataSource.
See the for more information.
Similar to setting connectionAttribute to "shutdown=true". Only "shutdown" is allowed, other values equate to null. The result of conflicting settings of createDatabase, shutdownDatabase and connectionAttributes is undefined.
If authentication and sqlAuthorization are both enabled, database shutdown is restricted to the database owner.
Note that setAttributesAsPassword , which is available for the embedded
DataSource, is not available for the client DataSource.