Function
Specifies a database name for a connection;
it can be used instead of specifying the database name after the subprotocol.
For example, these
URL (and Properties object) combinations are equivalent:
- jdbc:derby:toursDB
- jdbc:derby:;databaseName=toursDB
- jdbc:derby:(with a property databaseName and its value set
to toursDB in the Properties object passed into a connection
request)
If you use a subsubprotocol to specify the database (for example,
memory for an in-memory database), include the subsubprotocol
as part of the databaseName attribute specification. For example:
jdbc:derby:;databaseName=memory:myDB
If the database name is specified both in the URL (as a subname)
and as an attribute, the database name set as the subname has priority. For
example, the following database connection URL connects to toursDB:
jdbc:derby:toursDB;databaseName=flightsDB
Allowing the database name to be set as an attribute allows the getPropertyInfo method
to return a list of choices for the database name based on the set of databases
known to Derby. For more
information, see java.sql.Driver.getPropertyInfo method.
