[ANNOUNCE] Apache Derby 10.11.1.1 released

[Rick Hillegas <ri...@oracle.com>]

The Apache Derby project is pleased to announce feature release 10.11.1.1.

Apache Derby is a subproject of the Apache DB project. Derby is a pure 
Java relational database engine which conforms to the ISO/ANSI SQL and 
JDBC standards. Derby aims to be easy for developers and end-users to 
work with.

Derby 10.11.1.1 can be obtained from the Derby download site:

    http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html.

Derby 10.11.1.1 contains the following new features:

     * MERGE statement - MERGE is a single, join-driven statement which 
INSERTs, UPDATEs, and DELETEs rows.
     * Deferrable constraints - Constraint enforcement can now be 
deferred, typically to the end of a transaction.
     * WHEN clause in CREATE TRIGGER - An optional WHEN clause has been 
added which determines which rows fire a trigger.
     * Rolling log file - The Derby diagnostic log can now be split 
across a sequence of files.
     * Experimental Lucene support - Derby text columns can now be 
indexed and queried via Apache Lucene.
     * Simple case expression - The "simple" and "extended" syntax for 
CASE expressions has been added.
     * Better concurrency for identity columns - The concurrency of 
identity columns has been boosted.
     * New ij HoldForConnection command - A new ij command has been 
added to change the default cursor holdability.
     * Standard syntax for altering column nullability - Standard syntax 
has been added for altering the nullability of columns.

In addition, Derby 10.11.1.1 contains many bug, security, and 
documentation fixes.

Please try out this new release.