Details
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Bug
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Status: Closed
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Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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10.3.1.4
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None
Description
The Developer's Guide contains some duplicated information about database connections and related topics. One glaring example is the short top-level section "Embedded Derby basics", which comes after a longer section of the same title under "JDBC applications and Derby basics". The information in the short section that doesn't duplicate information elsewhere needs to be included in appropriate places in the long section (and elsewhere as appropriate). The topics for the short section should then be removed.
Specifically:
For the two introductory topics, the two sentences from http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp25174.html ("Derby embedded basics") should replace the sentence in http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp39409.html (same title), since they offer more substance.
The first sentence of http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp40170.html ("Embedded Derby JDBC driver"), "The Derby driver class name for the embedded environment is org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver.", should be moved to http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp40653.html, "Derby JDBC driver".
Most of http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/rdevdvlp38881.html ("Embedded Derby JDBC database connection URL") should be moved to http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp17453.html, "Derby JDBC database connection URL". Also, this text should cross-reference the sections http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp91854.html ("Accessing databases from the classpath") and http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp24155.html ("Accessing databases from a jar or zip file"). In http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp17453.html itself, the sentence "For more information about what you can specify with the Derby connection URL, see "Examples"." is incorrect. I believe this should be a cross-reference to the section http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/rdevdvlp22102.html ("Database connection examples"). Also, the sentence "For detailed reference about attributes and values, as well as syntax of the database connection URL, see the "Derby Database Connection URL Syntax" in the Derby Reference Manual." refers, I believe, to the wrong section. That particular topic contains only a couple of sentences and refers back to the Developer's Guide. I think the sentence should say instead, "For detailed reference about attributes and values, see "Setting attributes for the database connection URL" in the Derby Reference Manual." (The syntax is actually covered more fully in the Developer's Guide than in the Reference Manual.)
The last paragraph of http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp10252.html ("Getting a nested connection") should be moved to http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevspecial29620.html, "Database-side JDBC procedures and nested connections". (This topic also has a couple of minor typographical issues that can be fixed at the same time.)
The example of the use of the jdbc.drivers system property should be moved from http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/tdevdvlp38381.html ("Starting Derby as an embedded database") to http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp40653.html, "Derby JDBC driver".
The following sections can then be removed:
http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp25174.html ("Derby embedded basics")
http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp40170.html ("Embedded Derby JDBC driver")
http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/rdevdvlp38881.html ("Embedded Derby JDBC database connection URL")
http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/cdevdvlp10252.html ("Getting a nested connection")
http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/devguide/tdevdvlp38381.html ("Starting Derby as an embedded database")