Question

I’ve been doing my homework ( like you asked 😉 ) but I haven’t found anything that really answers my needs, so here it goes:

I’m a junior Java developer and I’m working on a little project.
The problem I’m currenctly experiencing is that I want to be able to store and retrieve data in a little database. I’ve tried to use textfiles, but they can only store data or retrieve all data at once, u can’t select which data you want to retrieve.
I’m looking for an alternative that doesn’t need any installation or anything else, because I don’t want my ‘costumer’ to download anything else but my application.
I have tried HSQLDB, but that does need some installation…

So here’s my question: Is there any database-alternative for java that doesn’t need any installation AND where any data you want can be selected and retrieved?

Answer 1

You can use SQLite and the SQLite JDBC Adapter.