I've just released version 0.9 of DerbyCFC on RIAForge which is designed to make it easier to work with the Derby database embedded in ColdFusion 8.

DerbyCFC comes with two functions; createIfNotExists which does pretty much what it says and will create a new Derby datasource and database. getDerbyDatasources returns all Derby datasources in either raw format (a collection of structures) or as a query with a slightly smaller set of attributes.

The download zip includes example pages for creating a datasource and listing of current datasources. Go to the DerbyCFC project page.

I'm debating whether to extend this to provide a UI that would list and edit tables in a Derby database so let me know your thoughts. My hope is that this will make it easier to create Derby databases for other open source projects.