Installing a Class Using Interactive SQL

To make your Java class available within the database, you install the class into the database using the INSTALL JAVA statement from Interactive SQL. You must know the path and file name of the class you want to install.

1. Connect to the database as a user with the MANAGE ANY EXTERNAL OBJECT system privilege.
2. Execute the following statement:

   INSTALL JAVA NEW
   FROM FILE 'path\\ClassName.class';

   path is the directory where the class file is located, and ClassName.class is the name of the class file.

   The double backslash ensures that the backslash is not treated as an escape character.

   For example, to install a class in a file named Utility.class, held in the directory c:\source, you would execute the following statement:

   INSTALL JAVA NEW
   FROM FILE 'c:\\source\\Utility.class';

   If you use a relative path, it must be relative to the current working directory of the database server.