START JAVA statement

Starts the Java VM.

Syntax

START JAVA

Remarks

The START JAVA statement starts the Java VM. The main use is to load the Java VM at a convenient time so that when the user starts to use Java functionality there is no initial pause while the Java VM is loaded.

The database server must be set up to locate a Java VM. Since you can specify different Java VMs for each database, the ALTER EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT statement can be used to indicate the location (path) of the Java VM.

A Java VM must be installed.

Privileges

None

Side effects

None

Standards

ANSI/ISO SQL Standard
Not in the standard.

Example

This example starts the Java VM.

START JAVA;