Re-added the internal utility class BitField which improves performance of opening and closing a database (because it supports setByte / getByte, unlike java.util.BitSet).

The jarSmall build target no longer includes assertions (SysProperties.CHECK, CHECK2, system properties h2.check and h2.check2).

The jarSmall build target no longer includes assertions (SysProperties.CHECK, CHECK2, system properties h2.check and h2.check2).

The jarSmall build target no longer includes assertions (SysProperties.CHECK, CHECK2, system properties h2.check and h2.check2).

DatabaseMetaData.getJDBCMajorVersion now returns 4 (instead of 3) when the driver is compiled with Java 6 (the default).

INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SESSIONS: the start time of a SQL statement is no longer set in each case. It is only set for long running statements.

A old databases without user name and password (created with H2 version 1.2.142 or older) couldn't be opened with version 1.2.143.

Fixes and improvements in PG protocol support. New method getCommandType() was added to CommandInterface to return the type of current SQL statement.

Connection.getAutoCommit() is now much faster, specially when using the server mode.

Connection.getAutoCommit() is now much faster, specially when using the server mode.

Connection.getAutoCommit() is now much faster, specially when using the server mode.