title: Replacing derby.jar from Oracle with derby.jar from Apache
body: <p>Short version:  Can I replace the derby.jar that came with my JDK (from Oracle) with the latest derby.jar from Apache?</p>
  
  <p>Long version:  I've been using the Java DB (Oracle's supported distribution of the Apache Derby open source database) that comes with the JDK for a few years.  I just found out that Apache still does regular updates to the Derby database libraries, the lastest one from June 2012 is <a href="http://db.apache.org/derby/releases/release-10.9.1.0.cgi" rel="nofollow">here</a>.  The latest one contains some features I would like to use.</p>
  
  <p>But is the Oracle derby.jar interchangeable with the Apache derby.jar?  </p>