Running SQL commands in a HSQL database — On rare occasions, one may wish to run raw SQL queries on a JIRA or Confluence database. This page describes how to obtain a SQL console for hsqldb http://hsqldb.sf.net databases, which JIRA and Confluence Standalone editions use by default.
Store Workflow on Disk with Oracle 8 — A workaround for the problem of > 4000 character workflows in Oracle 8 is to store these on disk, instead of in the database.