ASA Programming Guide
  Using Java in the Database
    Introduction

Managing the runtime environment for Java

The runtime environment for Java consists of:

• The Adaptive Server Anywhere Java Virtual Machine    Running within the database server, the Adaptive Server Anywhere Java Virtual Machine interprets and executes the compiled Java class files.

• The runtime Java classes    When you create a database, a set of Java classes becomes available to the database. Java applications in the database require these runtime classes to work properly.

Management tasks for Java 

To provide a runtime environment for Java, you need to carry out the following tasks:

• Java-enable your database    This task involves ensuring the availability of built-in classes and the upgrading of the database to Version 9.

  For more information, see Java-enabling a database.

• Install other classes your users need    This task involves ensuring that classes other than the runtime classes are installed and up to date.

  For more information, see Installing Java classes into a database.

• Configuring your server    You must configure your server to make the necessary memory available to run Java tasks.

  For more information, see Configuring memory for Java.

Tools for managing Java 

You can carry out all these tasks from Sybase Central or from Interactive SQL.