<!--$Id: log_put.so,v 10.41 2004/08/13 03:38:57 bostic Exp $--> <!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB: DB_ENV->log_put</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> <b>DB_ENV->log_put</b> </td> <td align=right> <a href="../api_c/api_core.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> <b><pre> #include <db.h> <p> int DB_ENV->log_put(DB_ENV *env, DB_LSN *lsn, const DBT *data, u_int32_t flags); </pre></b> <hr size=1 noshade> <b>Description: DB_ENV->log_put</b> <p>The DB_ENV->log_put method appends records to the log. The <a href="../api_c/lsn_class.html">DB_LSN</a> of the put record is returned in the <b>lsn</b> parameter.</p> <p>The DB_ENV->log_put method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. </p> <b>Parameters</b> <br> <b>data</b><ul compact><li>The <b>data</b> parameter is the record to write to the log. <p>The caller is responsible for providing any necessary structure to <b>data</b>. (For example, in a write-ahead logging protocol, the application must understand what part of <b>data</b> is an operation code, what part is redo information, and what part is undo information. In addition, most transaction managers will store in <b>data</b> the <a href="../api_c/lsn_class.html">DB_LSN</a> of the previous log record for the same transaction, to support chaining back through the transaction's log records during undo.)</p></ul> <b>flags</b><ul compact><li>The <b>flags</b> parameter must be set to 0 or the following value: <br> <b><a name="DB_FLUSH">DB_FLUSH</a></b><ul compact><li>The log is forced to disk after this record is written, guaranteeing that all records with <a href="../api_c/lsn_class.html">DB_LSN</a> values less than or equal to the one being "put" are on disk before DB_ENV->log_put returns.</ul> <br></ul> <b>lsn</b><ul compact><li>The <b>lsn</b> parameter references memory into which the <a href="../api_c/lsn_class.html">DB_LSN</a> of the put record is copied.</ul> <br> <br><b>Errors</b> <p>The <a href="../api_c/log_flush.html">DB_ENV->log_flush</a> method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:</p> <br> <b>EINVAL</b><ul compact><li>If the record to be logged is larger than the maximum log record; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.</ul> <br> <hr size=1 noshade> <br><b>Class</b> <a href="../api_c/env_class.html">DB_ENV</a>, <a href="../api_c/logc_class.html">DB_LOGC</a>, <a href="../api_c/lsn_class.html">DB_LSN</a> <br><b>See Also</b> <a href="../api_c/log_list.html">Logging Subsystem and Related Methods</a> </tt> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right> <a href="../api_c/api_core.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>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> </body> </html>