DbSequence::open

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#include <db_cxx.h>

int int DbSequence::open(DbTxn *txnid, Dbt *key, u_int32_t flags);

int DbSequence::get_dbp(Db **dbp);

int DbSequence::get_key(Dbt *key);


Description: DbSequence::open

The DbSequence::open method opens the sequence represented by the key. The key must be compatible with the underlying database specified in the corresponding call to db_sequence_create.

Parameters

key
The key specifies which record in the database stores the persistent sequence data.
flags
The flags parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise inclusively OR'ing together one or more of the following values:
DB_AUTO_COMMIT
Enclose the DbSequence::open call within a transaction. If the call succeeds, the open operation will be recoverable. If the DB_CREATE flag is specified and the call fails, no sequence will have been created.
DB_CREATE
Create the sequence. If the sequence does not already exist and the DB_CREATE flag is not specified, the DbSequence::open will fail.
DB_EXCL
Return an error if the sequence already exists. The DB_EXCL flag is only meaningful when specified with the DB_CREATE flag.
DB_THREAD
Cause the DbSequence handle returned by DbSequence::open to be free-threaded; that is, usable by multiple threads within a single address space.
txnid
If the operation is to be transaction-protected, (other than by specifying the DB_AUTO_COMMIT flag), the txnid parameter is a transaction handle returned from DbEnv::txn_begin; otherwise, NULL. Note that transactionally protected operations on a DbSequence handle require the DbSequence handle itself be transactionally protected during its open if the open creates the sequence.

Description: DbSequence::get_dbp

The DbSequence::get_dbp method returns the database handle.

Parameters

dbp
The dbp parameter references memory into which a pointer to the database handle is copied.

The DbSequence::get_dbp method may be called at any time during the life of the application.

The DbSequence::get_dbp method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure, and returns 0 on success.


Description: DbSequence::get_key

The DbSequence::get_key method returns the key for the sequence.

Parameters

key
The key parameter references memory into which a pointer to the key data is copied.

The DbSequence::get_key method may be called at any time during the life of the application.

The DbSequence::get_key method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure, and returns 0 on success.


Class

DbSequence

See Also

Sequences and Related Methods

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