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   An external Java VM runs Java code on behalf of the database server.

  • You can access data from Java   SQL Anywhere 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.