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| <h3>HyperSQL version 2.0.0 Distribution</h3> |
| <p>HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase) is a relational |
| database engine written in Java. Version 2.0 is the result of nearly |
| 5 years |
| development since the last major version. It offers many features and |
| adheres |
| closely to the latest SQL and JDBC 4 standards.</p> |
| <p>This |
| is the first GA Release for version 2.0.</p> |
| <h4>SUPPORTWARE</h4> |
| The development and maintenance of HyperSQL has been possible |
| because of financial contributions by business users. We need renewed |
| contributions. Please subscribe to SupporWare at <a href="http://hsqldb.org/web/supportware">http://hsqldb.org/web/supportware</a> |
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| <h4>PACKAGE CONTENTS</h4> |
| <p>This download contains the |
| following files and directories: </p> |
| <p><b>bin</b></p> |
| <p>This directory contains some |
| Windows utility wrapper scripts, and some HTML pages with HSQLDB |
| embedded as an |
| applet.</p> |
| <h4>build</h4> |
| <p>This directory contains the ant |
| build.xml script plus MSDOS CMD files for build. See the <a href="doc/guide/building-app.html">Building HyperSQL Jars</a> |
| appendix of the |
| HyperSQL User Guide for details. </p> |
| <h4>classes</h4> |
| <p>When the jar is rebuilt, this |
| directory contains the *.class files generated by the ANT build tool. |
| It does |
| not exist in the distribution zip.</p> |
| <h4>doc</h4> |
| <p>A set of HTML, PDF and text |
| documents covering different aspects of HSQLDB and some of its |
| utilities.</p> |
| <p><a href="doc/guide/index.html">HyperSQL |
| User Guide</a> in HTML format. <br> |
| <a href="doc/guide/guide.pdf">HyperSQL User Guide</a> |
| in PDF format. </p> |
| <p><a href="doc/util-guide/index.html">HyperSQL |
| Utilities Guide</a> in HTML format.<br> |
| <a href="doc/util-guide/util-guide.html">HyperSQL |
| Utilities Guide</a> in PDF |
| format. </p> |
| <p>The <a href="doc/apidocs/index.html">JavaDoc</a> |
| for public classes, including the JDBC documentation. </p> |
| <p>(in future) Chronological list of |
| minor changes and bug fixes since the release of version 2.0.0 <a href="doc/changelist_2_0_0.txt">changelist_2_0_0.txt</a> |
| </p> |
| <p>The license texts for the source and binaries, based on the |
| BSD license. <a href="doc/hsqldb_lic.txt">hsqldb_lic.txt</a> |
| is for sources developed entirely by the HSQL Development Group. <a href="doc/hypersonic_lic.txt">hypersonic_lic.txt</a> |
| is for sources that contain code from the closed HypersonicSQL project.</p> |
| <h4>lib</h4> |
| <p>The jar needed for running HyperSQL |
| and its GUI utilities (hsqldb.jar) has been pre-built in this |
| directory. The jar is |
| compatible with Java version 1.6. The jar for SqlTool (sqltool.jar) is |
| also in this directory. The extra zip file in the directory is needed |
| only for |
| recompiling hsqldb and is not required for deployment. </p> |
| <h4>src</h4> |
| <p>All source code is in this |
| directory. </p> |
| <h4>testrun</h4> |
| <p>Contains test scripts for the |
| database engine and SqlTool. These scripts are run by separate test |
| utilities |
| for the engine and SqlTool</p> |
| <h4>CHANGES</h4> |
| <ul> |
| <li>There are very many new features in the new version. Most |
| of these do not affect existing features in version 1.8.x.</li> |
| <li>For use with existing applications, the main differences |
| are as follows:</li> |
| <li>Transaction isolation is always enforced - READ COMMITTED |
| and SERIALIZABLE modes are supported.</li> |
| <li>GENERATE BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY does not create a primary |
| key. A primary key must be declared explicitly.</li> |
| <li>Column sizes are enforced, although you can change this and |
| other properties to some extent.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <h4>UPDATES</h4> |
| We constantly fix reported issues. Please check the web site regularly |
| for latest updated version and latest information. |
| <h4>SUPPORT</h4> |
| <p>Support for HyperSQL is available |
| from <a href="http://hsqldb.org/support">http://hsqldb.org/support</a> |
| in |
| various forms, including a mailing list and user forums. The web site |
| features |
| the latest bugfix versions of the software, FAQ and other useful |
| resources.</p> |
| <p>Fred Toussi (fredt (at) |
| users.sourceforge.net)<br> |
| Blaine Simpson (blaine dot simpson (at) admc dot com)</p> |
| <p><a href="http://hsqldb.org">http://hsqldb.org</a> </p> |
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