jdbc:derby:;shutdown=true

A successful shutdown always results in an SQLException to indicate that Derby has shut down and that there is no other exception.

If you have enabled Derby BUILTIN user authentication at the system level (for example, by setting the property derby.connection.requireAuthentication=true in the derby.properties file), you will need to specify credentials (that is, username and password) in order to shut down a Derby system, and the supplied username and password must also be defined at the system level.

You can also shut down an individual database if you specify the databaseName. You can shut down the database of the current connection if you specify the default connection instead of a database name (within an SQL statement).

// shutting down a database from your application
DriverManager.getConnection(
    "jdbc:derby:sample;shutdown=true");

If user authentication and SQL authorization are both enabled, only the database owner can shut down the database.

// shutting down an authenticated database as database owner
DriverManager.getConnection(
    "jdbc:derby:securesample;user=joeowner;password=secret;shutdown=true");