What are the key features of Java in the database?

Detailed explanations of all the following points appear in later sections.

  • You can run Java in the database server   An external Java Virtual Machine (VM) runs Java code in the database server.

  • You can access data from Java   An internal JDBC driver lets you access data from Java.

  • SQL is preserved   The use of Java does not alter the behavior of existing SQL statements or other aspects of non-Java relational database behavior.