START SERVER AS database-server-name [ STARTLINE command-string ]

The START SERVER statement starts a database server. To specify a set of options for the database server, use the STARTLINE keyword together with a command string.

START ENGINE is accepted for compatibility reasons, but is deprecated.

This SQL statement is not supported for SAP HANA databases.

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• STOP SERVER statement
• SQL Anywhere database server syntax
• Interactive SQL

This example starts a database server named sample without starting any databases on it.

START SERVER AS sample;

This example shows the use of a STARTLINE clause.

START SERVER AS eng1 STARTLINE 'dbsrv16 -c 8M';