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- Geronimo's Derby installation runs in embedded mode, not client-server mode. That means that only processes running in the same JVM as Geronimo -(e.g., its underlying web applications) can access Derby databases created from within Geronimo's Console application. In order to access a Derby database externally to Geronimo , (e.g., using Derby's ij query tool-) it would be necessary to shut down the Geronimo to release its lock on the database.
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