Keywords: Database design, performance implications, Application design, Performance, key issues

# Application and database design issues

Things that you can do to improve the performance of Derby applications fall into three categories.

- Avoiding table scans of large tables
- Avoiding compiling SQL statements
- Shielding users from Derby class-loading events

Parent topic: Tuning databases and applications
Related concepts
Working with RunTimeStatistics
Related tasks
Analyzing statement execution