INTERACTIVE_DESKTOP_OFF (Windows)

This environment variable lets you prevent interaction with the Windows desktop when an SPL routine executes a SYSTEM command.

>>-setenv--INTERACTIVE_DESKTOP_OFF--+-1-+----------------------><
                                    '-0-'
 

If INTERACTIVE_DESKTOP_OFF is 1 and an SPL routine attempts to interact with the desktop (for example, with the notepad.exe or cmd.exe program), the routine fails unless the user is a member of the Administrators group.

The valid settings (1 or 0) have the following effects:

1

Prevents the database server from acquiring desktop resources for the user executing the stored procedure

0

SYSTEM commands in a stored procedure can interact with the desktop. This is the default value.

Setting INTERACTIVE_DESKTOP_OFF to 1 allows an SPL routine that does not interact with the desktop to execute more quickly. This setting also allows the database server to simultaneously call a greater number of SYSTEM commands because the command no longer depends on a limited operating- system resource (Desktop and WindowStation handles).