There a number of pure Java SQL database systems develolpers can embed into applications. In this tip we introduce two open source projects, HSQLDB and Apache Derby.

The Java ecosystem is bursting with tools and frameworks for just about every programming need. Here are seven open source Java projects you don't want to miss.

Apache Phoenix is a relatively new open source Java project that provides a JDBC driver and SQL access to Hadoop’s NoSQL database: HBase. It was created as an internal project at Salesforce ...

Project Babylon and Loom Project Babylon aims to extend Java to better support external programming models such as SQL, machine learning and GPU integration. In 2025, the team is focusing on ...

How Java, JDBC and HSQLDB works With the HSQLDB JDBC setup and configuration complete, it’s time to write a Java class that: imports java.sql.* has a main method that throws the generic Exception ...

Before it sued Google for copying from Java, Oracle got rich copying IBM’s SQL Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its stance on API copyrights.

Oracle has introduced a new effort to help ease enduring Java pain points such as slow startups, protracted time to peak performance and large footprints. The effort, known as Project Leyden, ...

Microsoft has open sourced the Java language extension it added to SQL Server 2019 last year.