User's Guide

Part VI. SQL Anywhere Reference

Chapter 43. Watcom-SQL Statements

Function

To stop a database engine

Syntax

     STOP ENGINE engine-name [ UNCONDITIONALLY]

Usage

ISQL

Permissions

None

Side effects

None

See also

• START ENGINE statement

Description

The STOP ENGINE statement stops the specified database engine. If the UNCONDITIONALLY keyword is supplied, the database engine will be stopped even if there are connections to the engine. If UNCONDITIONALLY is not specified, the database engine will not be stopped if there are connections to it.

Example

Stop the database engine named sample.

     STOP ENGINE sample