[DERBY-4259] Document database property for determining database format version

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.6.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 10.10.1.1
• Component/s: Documentation
• Assignee: Camilla Haase
• Reporter: Katherine Marsden
• Created: 04/Jun/09 22:10
• Updated: 25/Mar/13 14:14
• Resolved: 29/Jan/13 15:31

Description

It would be useful to have a public interface for determining the database format when running in soft upgrade mode. In the derby-user thread:
http://www.nabble.com/Hard-upgrade-failing--td23826558.html#a23835534
Evan pointed out he was using an undocumented property 'DataDictionaryVersion' for this purpose, but this is not ideal because it does not conform to the normal derby.* naming convention and is not documented.

Discussion in DERBY-4255 determined that there are not currently DatabaseMetaData methods that achieve the same result.

Issue Links

• relates to: DERBY-5818 values syscs_util.syscs_get_database_property('DataDictionaryVersion' ) does not return full version information