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Runtime window > Database > jdbc:derby//localhost/myDb > Connect... There is no reminder that I forgot to start the Derby DbMS. It seems it would simple enough to put the Start Derby Server command here (and grey out the Connect... menu choice) when the database engine is not running. (Clearly this is not exclusive to Derby. The UI should work the same for other DbMS as well.)
The Derby server should be automatically started when you connect any database URL starting with jdbc:derby://. Doesn't it happen for you?
I could not replicate this problem using Netbeans 5.5 beta on Linux.
Now when user connects to some Java DB database, Java DB is started automatically. Fixed.
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