<!--$Id: dbc_del.html,v 1.2 2004/03/30 01:21:42 jtownsen Exp $--> <!--Copyright 1997-2003 by Sleepycat Software, Inc.--> <!--All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB: DBcursor->c_del</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> <h3>DBcursor->c_del</h3> </td> <td align=right> <a href="../api_c/api_index.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a> <a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <hr size=1 noshade> <tt> <h3><pre> #include <db.h> <p> int DBcursor->c_del(DBC *DBcursor, u_int32_t flags); </pre></h3> <hr size=1 noshade> <h3>Description: DBcursor->c_del</h3> <p>The DBcursor->c_del method deletes the key/data pair to which the cursor refers.</p> <p>When called on a cursor opened on a database that has been made into a secondary index using the <a href="../api_c/db_associate.html">DB->associate</a> method, the <a href="../api_c/db_del.html">DB->del</a> method deletes the key/data pair from the primary database and all secondary indices.</p> <p>The cursor position is unchanged after a delete, and subsequent calls to cursor functions expecting the cursor to refer to an existing key will fail.</p> <p> The DBcursor->c_del method will return <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_KEYEMPTY">DB_KEYEMPTY</a> if the element has already been deleted. Unless otherwise specified, the DBcursor->c_del method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. </p> <h3>Parameters</h3> <p><dl compact> <p><dt><b>flags</b><dd> The <b>flags</b> parameter is currently unused, and must be set to 0. </dl> <h3>Errors</h3> <p>The DBcursor->c_del method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:</p> <p><dl compact> <p><dt>DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK<dd>A transactional database environment operation was selected to resolve a deadlock. <p><dt>DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED<dd>A Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store database environment configured for lock timeouts was unable to grant a lock in the allowed time. </dl> <p><dl compact> <p><dt>DB_REP_HANDLE_DEAD<dd>The database handle has been invalidated because a replication election unrolled a committed transaction. </dl> <p><dl compact> <p><dt>DB_SECONDARY_BAD<dd>A secondary index references a nonexistent primary key. </dl> <p><dl compact> <p><dt>EACCES<dd>An attempt was made to modify a read-only database. </dl> <p><dl compact> <p><dt>EINVAL<dd>If the cursor has not been initialized; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified. </dl> <p><dl compact> <p><dt>EPERM <dd>Write attempted on read-only cursor when the <a href="../api_c/env_open.html#DB_INIT_CDB">DB_INIT_CDB</a> flag was specified to <a href="../api_c/env_open.html">DB_ENV->open</a>. </dl> <hr size=1 noshade> <h3>Class</h3> <a href="../api_c/dbc_class.html">DBC</a> <h3>See Also</h3> <a href="../api_c/dbc_list.html">Database Cursors and Related Methods</a> </tt> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right> <a href="../api_c/api_index.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1><a href="../sleepycat/legal.html">Copyright (c) 1996-2003</a> <a href="http://www.sleepycat.com">Sleepycat Software, Inc.</a> - All rights reserved.</font> </body> </html>