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Title: Open Source Databases

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Open Source Databases

Zeger W. Hendrikse

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Content

Purpose
Survey of available open source databases and
tools
Strong emphasis on HSqlDb and MySQL
Feature comparison
Content
SQL, JDBC basics (optional)
Open Source databases
Introduction (Java non-Java)
Access and administration tools
Demo

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SQL

DDL (Data Definition Language)
create, alter, drop
DML (Data Manipulation Language)
CRUD (select, insert, update, delete)
DCL (Data Control Language)
connect, grant, revoke

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JDBC drivers

Type 1 JDBC to ODBC bridge
Usually slow, meant as transient solution
Early drivers designed to leverage existing ODBC
drivers
Type 2 Java wrappers around native DB interfaces
No longer very common
Using JNI
Type 3 Pure Java drivers
Use middleware component to translate JDBC-calls
to a DB-generic communication protocol
Type 4 Native Java drivers
Driver designed specifically to interact with the
DB
The most common

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JDBC connections

DriverManager
Introduced in JDBC 1.0 API
Connection retrieved with hard-coded URL
DataSource
Introduced in the JDBC 2.0 Optional Package API
Preferred method
Underlying DataSource transparent to the
application
ConnectionPoolDataSource
XADataSource

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JDBC connections DriverManager

public class DbConnector
private static String driver
"oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"
private static String url "jdbcoraclethin_at_A
MISNT151521LUDO"
private static Connection connection null
private static void createConnection
try
if (connection null
connection.isClosed())
Class.forName(driver).newInstance()
connection
DriverManager.getConnection(url,adf6,
adf6)
catch (Exception e) // omitted here

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JDBC connections DataSource

A DataSource
a factory to create database connections
centralizes database connection-related data
implementation of javax.sql.DataSource
three implementations available
Standard implementation
Connection pooling implementation
Distributed transaction implementation

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JDBC JNDI pooling

DataSources JNDI
DataSources are designed for use with JNDI
Configured within JNDI provider bound to JNDI
nameContext context new InitialContext()Data
Source ds (DataSource)
context.lookup(jdbc/TestDataSource)Connection
con ds.getConnection(sa, )Program only
knows about username and password!
Usage in Servlets
Get connections in doGet() en doPost()
Get DataSource in init() ? provides connections
from pool

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JDBC pooling

A pooled DataSource stores connections in a pool
Pool cache, BUT pool is prepopulated with a
of cons
If all connections are used1. May fail2. May
add more connections to pool
Purpose increase in performance

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JDBC 1.0 ? 2.0

Scrollable result sets
Batch updates (multiple insert/update/delete in 1
request)
Advanced data types (BLOB, CLOB)
Rowsets, for JavaBeans (rowset set of rows
bean)
JNDI for obtaining connection
Connection pooling
Distributed transaction support
Two-phase commit used by the JTS API.
Additional minor additions/improvements

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JDBC 2.0 ? 3.0

Savepoint support
Reuse of prepared statements by connection pools
Connection pool configuration
Retrieval of parameter metadata
Retrieval of auto-generated keys
Ability to have multiple open ResultSet objects
Passing parameters to CallableStatement objects
by name
Holdable cursor support
Boolean data type
Making internal updates to data in BLOB en CLOB
objects

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JDBC 2.0 ? 3.0 (cont.)

Retrieving and updating the object referenced by
a Ref object
Updating of columns containing BLOB, CLOB, ARRAY
and REF types
DATALINK/URL data type
Transform groups and type mapping
Relationship between the JDBC SPI (Service
Provider Interface) and the Connector
architecture
DatabaseMetadata APIs

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Enterprise demands on databases

A JDBC Compliant driver must support SQL-92 at
the entry level ? entry level SQL-92 is a must
Transaction support
may also be handled in business tier
JDBC driver that is JDBC gt 2.0 compliant
Includes support for DataSources
necessary for pooling ? critical for scaling
performance
Preferred JDBC gt 3.0 compliant
Triggers, views and stored procedures
BLOB, CLOB
Support, user-base

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Development models
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Development models
Closed Source (Oracle, DB2) MySQL, Berkeley DB PostgreSQL, HSQL, Firebird
Development team Company Coordinated by company Volunteer developers all over the world
Distribution Usually reseller agreement required Free for open source projects Fee for closed source projects Freely distributable
License Commercial Dual licensed Open Source
Availability Purchase or limited eval. Free download Free download
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Java databases
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Java vs. non-Java databases
Java
Java
non-Java

Platform independent
Small ? so may be embedded in application e.g. as
part of a .war
Small ? but can handle large databases
Some versions allow memory-based tables
Easy to set-up, configure, maintain.
HSqlDb, Derby (Apache), Axion, McKoi and
Xindice.

Better scalability
Better support for very large applications
Firebird, GNU SQL, MySQL, PostGreSQL, Max DB (
SAP DB), Ingres, Berkely DB

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Java databases Axion

Product of Tigris.org (known from GEF)
Embedded Java DB with file- or memory-based
tables
Currently no server mode
Nov. 2003 The Apache DB Project has accepted
Axion's proposal to become a part of the Apache
Software Foundation.
Features http//axion.tigris.org/features.html

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Java databases HSqlDb

Continuation of Thomas Muellers Hypersonic DB
Yet another example of successful OS project
Basically Axion ?
Same functionality many useful advanced
features
JDBC gt 2.0, full transaction support
Additional DDL commands alter table create
view
Additional DML commands outer join, group by ,
grant/revoke
Standard DB with JBoss AS
License BSD-based
Default in-memory table regenerated from SQL
script
transaction log of SQL statements (executed at
startup)

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Java databases HSqlDb (cont.)

Features
In-memory and disk-based tables
Transaction support
JDBC 2.0 (partly 3.0)
Five modes
embedded (in-memory mode)
standalone
servlet
server
HTTP server

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Java databases HSqlDb (cont.)

If URL is jdbchsqldbc/path/databaseName
? creation of database databaseName in c/path
If URL is jdbchsqldb.
? database not saved to disk!
Behaviour of in-memory tables rebuilt with logs
can be changed on a per-table basis
CREATE MEMORY CACHED TEMP TEXT TABLE
name
Memory ? persistent in-memory table
Cache ? disk based table with cache
Text ? table saved as CSV-based file
Temp ? non-persistent in-memory table

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Java databases HSqlDb (cont.)

Drawback no keyword for modification of this
kind of storage type limits script portability
HSqlDb comes with nice manager application, which
may be used with other JDBC-supported databases
Tool available from the JBoss management page!
Personal remark ZWH
Sometimes it seems confusing to me (with respect
to the storage types) if the JBoss EJB container
has added data as expected there seems to be a
mismatch what the tool shows you and what is
actually in the (in-memory) database.

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Java databases HSqlDb (cont.)

Demo Hypersonic SQL!

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Java databases Derby

Formerly IBMs Cloudscape
At incubation at ASF http//incubator.apache.org/
derby/
Features
Easy to use
Small footprint
Standards based
SQL syntax, transaction management, concurrency,
triggers, and online backups.
Secure
Secure data management appropriate to environment
the engine is executing in
Both as embedded database engine and network
server

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Java databases McKoi

License GPL and maintained by individual
developer
Home _at_ http//mckoi.com/database/
Features
Transaction support
both embedded and client/server mode
Full JDBC 3.0 support
Comparison
More traditional than HSqlDb and more features
than Axion
Stores data files on disk and caches in memory
like HSqlDb
License (including JDBC driver) GPL
Results in incompatibility with Apache
license/products!!!

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Java databases Xindice

Native XML DB, stores compressed XML documents
Donated to ASF by former xmlDB team
XPath is query language and APIs support DOM
SAX
No DTD or Schema support for documents in DB yet!
Why not relational?
O/R impedance mismatch (would need Castor XML or
similar)!
Why not object DB?
Object DB is application bound

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Evaluation Java databases

McKoi and HSqlDb richer feature set compared to
Axion
Derby is in incubation at ASF
McKois GPL license is limiting
HSqlDb is the Java database of choice
JBoss database
Largest Java-database community
Xindice is a native XML database
comes with pros and cons of native XML DB
Well suited for document-style oriented data
No need to map from relational DB to XML
Less flexible queries

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non-Java databases
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Non-Java databases GNU SQL

Seems to be dead (latest news from 28-09-1998)

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Non-Java databases Firebird

Code base of Borlands Interbase, OSS since 2000
Forked off ? Interbase and Firebird
Well documented

Category Relational database with JDBC driver
URL http//firebird.sourceforge.net/
Supported platforms Win 9x/2000/XP, Linux, Unix and MacOS X
License Interbase Public License ( Mozilla Public L.)
Features SQL 92
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Non-Java databases MySQL

Most common open source database (from NASA to
Yahoo)
Back-up by Swedish company MySQL AB
Version 3.2x still widely used, 4.1.x now
available and stable
Stored procedures and triggers expected for 5.0
JDBC driver
Used to be MM.MySQL ? Connector/J, available form
MySQL site

Category Relational database with JDBC driver
URL http//www.mysql.com/
Supported platforms Win 98/2000/XP, Linux, Unix and MacOS X
License GPL server, LPGL client components
Features Fastreliable, recently transaction support
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Non-Java databases MySQL (cont.)

MySQL API choose your engine!
ISAM MyISAM, no transaction nor foreign key
support
ISAM
fast for reads gtgt updates, but not fault-tolerant
nor transaction support
MyISAM
ISAM (table locking), but requires more
maintenance
HEAP
In-memory, fast but volatile
InnoDB Berkely BDB, transaction foreign key
support, but slower!
Implement your own ?
Suggestion for rainy Sunday afternoon implement
native XML engine!

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Non-Java databases MySQL (cont.)

Example
CREATE TABLE tblMyISAM (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
value_a TINYINT
) TYPEMyISAM
CREATE TABLE tblISAM (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
value_a TINYINT
) TYPEISAM
CREATE TABLE tblHeap (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
value_a TINYINT
) TYPEHeap
You can also use the ALTER TABLE command
ALTER TABLE tblMyISAM CHANGE TYPEInnoDB

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Non-Java databases PostGreSQL

Evolved from database research at UC Berkeley
Actively being developed/supported
NO server version for windows platform available

Category Relational database with JDBC driver
URL http//postgresql.org/
Supported platforms Linux, Unix
License BSD
Features One of the most complete SQL implementations, very rich datatype support
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Non-Java databases MaxDB

Code base from SAP (ERP software)
Back-up by Swedish company MySQL AB (!!!)
Can be configured to support Oracle (v.7) SQL and
DB2 (v.2)
Fear skeptical of going open source motivation
Remains to be seen how this (huge) project is
picked up by OS community

Category Relational database with JDBC driver
URL http//www.mysql.com/products/maxdb/
Supported platforms Windows, Linux, others
License GPL server, LPGL client components
Features Industrial strength database
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Non-Java databases Ingres

Recently went Open Source,
License (CA-TOSL) to be OSI approved (CPL
derived)
http//opensource.ca.com/projects/ingres
Strengthened relations with JBoss organization
Ingres will be the default DB delivered with
JBoss
CA will coordinate development efforts
Like MySQL AB for MySQL and MaxDB databases
Industrial strength database
Questions
Remains to be seen if an OS community will
emerge
What will the prices be for support

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Non-Java databases Berkely DB

Embedded database for servers, networking
hardware, handhelds,
Supporting company Sleepycat
Three products
Berkely DB, embedded, accessible via API (Perl,
Python, )
Berkeley DB XML, native XML database
Berkeley DB JE, for pure Java solutions
License free for open source projects

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Evaluation non-Java databases

Requirement analysis (examples of valid
considerations)
Server has to run on windows ? No PostgreSQL
Requirement for triggers and stored procedures ?
No MySQL
Porting app. from DB2 or Oracle ? MaxDB
is able to understand different SQL dialects
Support user base ? MySQL
Licensing issues
MySQL AB/Sleepycat only free for OS projects
GPL might be restrictive
Availability of supporting/admin tools
There may be many requirements-satisfying
candidates

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Evaluation non-Java databases (cont.)

Quick through the corner ? (snel door de
bocht)
PostgreSQL
implementing most of the ANSI standard
transactions, triggers, views, subselects and
user-defined types.
Stored procedures (many languages), sophisticated
locking.
Client libraries for all of your favorite
programming languages.
MySQL
high-traffic applications where speed is more
important than data integrity.
lacks support for transactions, views, stored
procedures, and subselects.
Oracle
Not free
Most popular and powerful relational database on
the market
Applications, functions, and stored procedures
(PL/SQL language)

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Evaluation non-Java databases (cont.)

Generally less features than commercial
alternatives, but covers 80 of applications
requirements
Finally we havent exhaustively examined all
open source databases here!

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TOOLS
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Tools MySQL Control Centre