ASA Database Administration Guide
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RETURN_JAVA_AS_STRING option [database]

Function 

To control how a Java object is passed to the client application when queried.

Allowed values 

ON, OFF

Scope 

Can be set as a temporary option only, for the duration of the current connection.

Default 

OFF

Description 

The option indicates how a Java object is returned to applications connecting over Open Client or jConnect.

By default, a Java object is returned over TDS as a Sun serialization of the object. The client, or receiver of the object serialization, is responsible for deserializing the object into an instance.

If RETURN_JAVA_AS_STRING is set to ON, the object is first converted to an instance of java.lang.String using the toString() method, and the String object is returned to the client.