Use this statement to start a database server.

Syntax

START ENGINE AS database-server-name [ STARTLINE command-string ]

Remarks

The START ENGINE statement starts a database server. If you want to specify a set of options for the database server, use the STARTLINE keyword together with a command string. Valid command strings are those that conform to the database server description in The SQL Anywhere database server.

Permissions

None

Side effects

None

See also

• STOP ENGINE statement
• The SQL Anywhere database server
• Using Interactive SQL

Standards and compatibility

Example

Start a database server, named sample, without starting any databases on it.

START ENGINE AS sample;

The following example shows the use of a STARTLINE clause.

START ENGINE AS eng1 STARTLINE 'dbeng11 -c 8M';