SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_FREEZE_DATABASE system procedure The SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_FREEZE_DATABASE system procedure temporarily freezes the database for backup.

See "Using operating system commands with the freeze and unfreeze system procedures to perform an online backup" in the for more information on using this procedure.

Syntax SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_FREEZE_DATABASE()

No result set is returned by this procedure.

Execute privileges

If authentication and SQL authorization are both enabled, only the database owner has execute privileges on this procedure by default. See "Configuring user authentication" and "Configuring user authorization" in the for more information. The database owner can grant access to other users.

Example String backupdirectory = "c:/mybackups/" + JCalendar.getToday(); CallableStatement cs = conn.prepareCall ("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_FREEZE_DATABASE()"); cs.execute(); cs.close(); // user supplied code to take full backup of "backupdirectory" // now unfreeze the database once backup has completed: CallableStatement cs = conn.prepareCall ("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_UNFREEZE_DATABASE()"); cs.execute(); cs.close();