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Real-world Apache Derby, Part 1: Apache Derby and OpenOffice.org Calc

Use Derby as a data store for OpenOffice.org Calc

Dave Warner (david.warner@ngc.com), Senior Database Administrator, Northrop Grumman IT Solutions
Dave Warner has been working with databases since the early 1980s, focusing on business productivity and analysis. A Sun Certified Java Programmer, he's also certified in Microsoft SQL Server and works with Sybase tools extensively. He was formerly a chief technology officer at a small medical software company and presently works at Northrop Grumman IT Solutions as a senior database administrator.

Summary:  Apache Derby signals a sea change in both desktop and Web-based applications. For the first time, that elusive target for developers -- complete data portability -- is easily attainable. This tutorial, the first in a series, shows how you can use Derby as a data store to overcome row-length limitations in OpenOffice.org's Calc and use that program's interface for data analysis while leaving the storage to Derby.

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Date:  26 Sep 2006
Level:  Intermediate
PDF:  A4 and Letter (1145 KB | 38 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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You've seen how Derby can be a portable, robust database component for data analysis. Taking a data set that you cannot easily use within OpenOffice.org Calc or Microsoft Excel, you were able to filter it using standard, time-tested SQL. Because Derby is standards based, you can use numerous tools to view, extract, and manipulate your data. Stay tuned for the next installment of this series, Part 2, in which you'll use Derby to replace most of the need for Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax).



















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