="#Build Environment">Build Environment</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Verifying Releases">Verifying Releases</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>
<a name="Overview"></a>Overview</h2>
<div>


<p>
The most up to date information about Derby releases can be found on the
<a href="http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html">Derby download page</a>.
</p>


<p>
Apache Derby is a pure Java relational database engine using standard SQL and
JDBC as its APIs. More information about Derby can be found on the
<a href="http://db.apache.