Re: Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

In response to Paul Taylor <ijabz(at)fastmail(dot)fm>:

> Sam Mason wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:34PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote:
> >
> >> Does postgres have an embedded mode to allow a database to be embedded
> >> with Java application without requiring seperate db manager, like the
> >> derby database does ?
> >
> > No, and I think the consensus is that this would be bad. See:
> >
> > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/FAQ#Can_PostgreSQL_be_embedded.3F
>
> Thats a shame, I wanted to write junit test for a java program that
> queried a database, requiring a full database to be available for unit
> tests is not really an environment I want to have.

Has it occurred to you that testing a DB client when there's no
DB isn't really a very accurate or realistic test?

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