ArJdbc::ConnectionMethods.module_eval do def derby_connection(config) config[:adapter_spec] ||= ::ArJdbc::Derby return jndi_connection(config) if jndi_config?(config) begin require 'jdbc/derby' ::Jdbc::Derby.load_driver(:require) if defined?(::Jdbc::Derby.load_driver) rescue LoadError # assuming driver.jar is on the class-path end config[:url] ||= "jdbc:derby:#{config[:database]};create=true" config[:driver] ||= defined?(::Jdbc::Derby.driver_name) ? ::Jdbc::Derby.driver_name : 'org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver' embedded_driver(config) end alias_method :jdbcderby_connection, :derby_connection end