<!--$Id: dbc_dup.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_dup</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_dup</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_dup(DBC *DBcursor, DBC **cursorp, u_int32_t flags); </pre></h3> <hr size=1 noshade> <h3>Description: DBcursor->c_dup</h3> <p>The DBcursor->c_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 DBcursor->c_dup 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 must be set to 0 or by bitwise inclusively <b>OR</b>'ing together one or more of the following values: <p><dl compact> <p><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 and hold the same locks. If the DB_POSITION flag is not specified, then the created cursor is uninitialized and will behave like a cursor newly created using <a href="../api_c/db_cursor.html">DB->cursor</a>. </dl> </dl> <h3>Errors</h3> <p>The DBcursor->c_dup method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:</p> <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>EINVAL<dd>If the cursor has not been initialized; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified. </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>