HSQL - A cool Java database..

Recently I developed a portal which made use of MySQL database. The database was small in size and had only a few tables. But I was facing problems, when the web-application had to be installed in different locations. I had to give instructions to users on how to create the MySQL database, run the script to add all the necessary tables etc.

Then I came across HSQL (Hypersonic SQL) database. This is a 100% pure Java database and can be run in-process inside a Java application...even a webapplication. No need to install anything or start any database process. More information about HSQL can be found at http://www.hsqldb.org/

For me, just the following 2 lines of code, created a database in my Tomcat webapps directory.
Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:hsqldb:file:webapps/myPortal/database/narenDB", "sa", "");

So simple.........:)