Creates a named connection to the given database connection URL when ij starts up; it is equivalent to the Connect AS Identifier command. The database connection URL can be of the short form if an ij.protocol is specified. This property can be specified more than once per session, creating multiple connections. When ij starts, it displays the names of all the connections created in this way. It also displays the name of the current connection, if there is more than one, in the ij prompt.
ij.connection.connectionName=databaseConnectionURL
When specified on the command line the databaseConnectionURL should not be enclosed in single quotations, however, if the database path contains special characters (e.g. a space) it must be enclosed in double quotes.
D:> java -Dij.connection.sample1=jdbc:derby:sample
-Dij.connection.anotherConn=jdbc:derby:anotherDB;create=true
org.apache.derby.tools.ij
ij version 10.3
ANOTHERCONN* - jdbc:derby:anotherDB;create=true
SAMPLE1 - jdbc:derby:sample
* = current connection
ij(ANOTHERCONN)>