<!--$Id: dbc_dup.so,v 10.33 2006/10/24 13:26:50 bostic Exp $--> <!--Copyright (c) 1997,2007 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB: Dbc::dup</title> <meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> <meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> </head> <body bgcolor=white> <table width="100%"><tr valign=top> <td> <h3>Dbc::dup</h3> </td> <td align=right> <a href="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/api_cxx/api_core.html"><img src="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/images/api.gif" alt="API"></a> <a href="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/ref/toc.html"><img src="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a></td> </tr></table> <hr size=1 noshade> <tt> <h3><pre> #include <db_cxx.h> <p> int Dbc::dup(Dbc **cursorp, u_int32_t flags); </pre></h3> <hr size=1 noshade> <h3>Description: Dbc::dup</h3> <p>The Dbc::dup method creates a new cursor that uses the same transaction and locker ID as the original cursor. This is useful when an application is using locking and requires two or more cursors in the same thread of control.</p> <p>The Dbc::dup 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. </p> <h3>Parameters</h3> <dl compact> <dt><b>flags</b><dd>The <b>flags</b> parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise inclusively <b>OR</b>'ing together one or more of the following values: <dl compact> <dt><a name="DB_POSITION">DB_POSITION</a><dd>The newly created cursor is initialized to refer to the same position in the database as the original cursor (if any) and hold the same locks (if any). If the DB_POSITION flag is not specified, or the original cursor does not hold a database position and locks, the created cursor is uninitialized and will behave like a cursor newly created using <a href="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/api_cxx/db_cursor.html">Db::cursor</a>. </dl> </dl> <h3>Errors</h3> <p>The Dbc::dup method may fail and throw <a href="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/api_cxx/except_class.html">DbException</a>, encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of the following non-zero errors:</p> <dl compact> <dt>DB_REP_HANDLE_DEAD<dd>The database handle has been invalidated because a replication election unrolled a committed transaction. <dt>DB_REP_LOCKOUT<dd>The operation was blocked by client/master synchronization. </dl> <dl compact> <dt>EINVAL<dd>An invalid flag value or parameter was specified. </dl> <hr size=1 noshade> <h3>Class</h3> <a href="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/api_cxx/dbc_class.html">Dbc</a> <h3>See Also</h3> <a href="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/api_cxx/dbc_list.html">Database Cursors and Related Methods</a> </tt> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right> <a href="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/api_cxx/api_core.html"><img src="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/ref/toc.html"><img src="../../db46-devel-4.6.21/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2007 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> </body> </html>