[ANNOUNCE] Apache Derby 10.11.1.1 released

["Richard N. Hillegas" <rh...@apache.org>]

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.