<!--$Id: env_err.so,v 10.23 2002/08/29 03:24:38 bostic Exp $--> <!--Copyright 1997-2002 by Sleepycat Software, Inc.--> <!--All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB: DB_ENV->err</title> <meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> <meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,b+tree,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,java,C,C++"> </head> <body bgcolor=white> <a name="2"><!--meow--></a> <table width="100%"><tr valign=top> <td> <h1>DB_ENV->err</h1> </td> <td align=right> <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/c_index.html"><img src="../../db4-4.1.25/images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../reftoc.html"><img src="../../db4-4.1.25/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <hr size=1 noshade> <tt> <h3><pre> #include <db.h> <p> void DB_ENV->err(DB_ENV *dbenv, int error, const char *fmt, ...); <p> void DB_ENV->errx(DB_ENV *dbenv, const char *fmt, ...); </pre></h3> <h1>Description</h1> <p>The DB_ENV->err, DB_ENV->errx, <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/db_err.html">DB->err</a> and <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/db_err.html">DB->errx</a> methods provide error-messaging functionality for applications written using the Berkeley DB library. <p>The DB_ENV->err method constructs an error message consisting of the following elements: <p><blockquote><p><dl compact> <p><dt>An optional prefix string<dd>If no error callback function has been set using the <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/env_set_errcall.html">DB_ENV->set_errcall</a> method, any prefix string specified using the <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/env_set_errpfx.html">DB_ENV->set_errpfx</a> method, followed by two separating characters: a colon and a <space> character. <p><dt>An optional printf-style message<dd>The supplied message <b>fmt</b>, if non-NULL, in which the ANSI C X3.159-1989 (ANSI C) printf function specifies how subsequent arguments are converted for output. <p><dt>A separator<dd>Two separating characters: a colon and a <space> character. <p><dt>A standard error string<dd>The standard system or Berkeley DB library error string associated with the <b>error</b> value, as returned by the <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/env_strerror.html">db_strerror</a> method. </dl> </blockquote> <p>This constructed error message is then handled as follows: <p><blockquote> <p>If an error callback function has been set (see <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/db_set_errcall.html">DB->set_errcall</a> and <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/env_set_errcall.html">DB_ENV->set_errcall</a>), that function is called with two arguments: any prefix string specified (see <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/db_set_errpfx.html">DB->set_errpfx</a> and <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/env_set_errpfx.html">DB_ENV->set_errpfx</a>) and the error message. <p>If a C library FILE * has been set (see <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/db_set_errfile.html">DB->set_errfile</a> and <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/env_set_errfile.html">DB_ENV->set_errfile</a>), the error message is written to that output stream. <p>If none of these output options has been configured, the error message is written to stderr, the standard error output stream.</blockquote> <p>The DB_ENV->errx and <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/db_err.html">DB->errx</a> methods perform identically to the DB_ENV->err and <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/db_err.html">DB->err</a> methods, except that they do not append the final separator characters and standard error string to the error message. <h1>Class</h1> <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/env_class.html">DB_ENV</a> <h1>See Also</h1> <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/env_list.html">Database Environments and Related Methods</a> </tt> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right> <a href="../../db4-devel-4.1.25/api_c/c_index.html"><img src="../../db4-4.1.25/images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../reftoc.html"><img src="../../db4-4.1.25/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1><a href="http://www.sleepycat.com">Copyright Sleepycat Software</a></font> </body> </html>