Mailing-List: contact derby-dev-help@db.apache.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: "Derby Development" <derby-dev@db.apache.org>
Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: domain of rstrong@panix.com designates
 166.84.1.72 as permitted sender)
Message-ID: <418BB139.7030102@panix.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 11:58:33 -0500
From: Rick Strong <rstrong@panix.com>
Reply-To: rstrong@panix.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
 rv:1.7.1) Gecko/20040707
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Derby Development <derby-dev@db.apache.org>
Subject: User Defined Types
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Can anyone comment on the current and likely future state of support for 
user defined types in Derby? My understanding is that it was pulled by 
IBM but could be enabled again with reasonable effort.

My group at Columbia University (we've since moved to NYU) was one of 
the first to use the original Cloudscape product in a system we use to 
support clinical research. We found the ability to store/retrieve/query 
Java instances very handy and made extensive use of it. I would be 
delighted to find that we would be able to retain use of this feature in 
Derby in the near future.

Thanks for any info,

Rick Strong