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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:33:16 -0700
From: Rick Hillegas <rick.hillegas@oracle.com>
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Here's what I have so far. Please help me improve this. I plan to 
announce the release on Monday May 2.

Thanks,
-Rick

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The Apache Derby project is pleased to announce feature release 10.8.1.2.

Apache Derby is a subproject of the Apache DB project. Derby is a pure 
Java relational database engine which conforms to the ISO/ANSI SQL and 
JDBC standards. Derby aims to be easy for developers and end-users to 
work with.

Derby 10.8.1.2 can be obtained from the Derby download site:

    http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html.


Derby 10.8.1.2 contains the following new features:

     * JDBC 4.1 - Derby's JDBC drivers support the new Java 7 methods on 
the java.sql and javax.sql  interfaces.
     * Automatic calculation of index statistics - Derby automatically 
refreshes statistics to help it pick better query plans.
     * Improved interrupt handling - Interrupting connection threads no 
longer crashes the Derby engine.
     * MAX optimization - On indexed tables, MAX queries run faster in 
more cases.
     * XML operator portability - The xmlparse and xmlserialize 
operators work out-of-the-box on more platforms.

In addition, Derby 10.8.1.2 contains many bug and documentation fixes.

Please try out this new release.