<!--$Id: env_strerror.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: db_strerror</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>db_strerror</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> char * db_strerror(int error); </pre></h3> <hr size=1 noshade> <h3>Description: db_strerror</h3> <p>The db_strerror method returns an error message string corresponding to the error number <b>error</b> parameter.</p> <p>This function is a superset of the ANSI C X3.159-1989 (ANSI C) <b>strerror</b>(3) function. If the error number <b>error</b> is greater than or equal to 0, then the string returned by the system function <b>strerror</b>(3) is returned. If the error number is less than 0, an error string appropriate to the corresponding Berkeley DB library error is returned. See <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html">Error returns to applications</a> for more information.</p> <h3>Parameters</h3> <p><dl compact> <p><dt><b>error</b><dd> The <b>error</b> parameter is the error number for which an error message string is wanted. </dl> <hr size=1 noshade> <h3>Class</h3> <a href="../api_c/env_class.html">DB_ENV</a> <h3>See Also</h3> <a href="../api_c/env_list.html">Database Environments 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>