#include <db.h>

int
DB->del(DB *db, DB_TXN *txnid, DBT *key, u_int32_t flags);

Description

The DB->del function removes key/data pairs from the database. The key/data pair associated with the specified key is discarded from the database. In the presence of duplicate key values, all records associated with the designated key will be discarded.

When called on a database that has been made into a secondary index using the DB->associate function, the DB->del function deletes the key/data pair from the primary database and all secondary indices.

If the operation is to be transaction-protected, the txnid parameter is a transaction handle returned from txn_begin; otherwise, NULL.

The flags parameter is currently unused, and must be set to 0.

The DB->del function returns a non-zero error value on failure, 0 on success, and DB_NOTFOUND if the specified key did not exist in the file.

Errors

The DB->del function may fail and return a non-zero error for the following conditions:

DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK

The operation was selected to resolve a deadlock.

DB_SECONDARY_BAD

A secondary index references a nonexistent primary key.

EACCES

An attempt was made to modify a read-only database.

EINVAL

An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

The DB->del function may fail and return a non-zero error for errors specified for other Berkeley DB and C library or system functions. If a catastrophic error has occurred, the DB->del function may fail and return DB_RUNRECOVERY, in which case all subsequent Berkeley DB calls will fail in the same way.

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