[DERBY-6986] Network Server COMMAND_TESTCONNECTION need not try to open a database

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.14.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 10.14.2.0
• Component/s: Network Server
• Issue & fix info: Release Note Needed
• Assignee: Bryan Pendleton
• Reporter: Bryan Pendleton
• Created: 18/Mar/18 23:45
• Updated: 25/Mar/18 15:57
• Resolved: 19/Mar/18 00:56

Description

The Network Server has a special protocol which can be used to send it commands (e.g., "stop", "ping", "sysinfo", etc.). The "ping" command, which internally is known in the code as COMMAND_TESTCONNECTION, allows a custom client program to request that the Network Server attempt to open a Derby database specified as an argument in the COMMAND_TESTCONNECTION packet.

This is very old code, probably included during the initial development of the Network Server as a development-time diagnostic tool, and is not required for any current Network Server functionality, so it should be removed.