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DB_CHANNEL->set_timeout()
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DB_CHANNEL->set_timeout()

#include <db.h>

int
DB_CHANNEL->set_timeout(DB_CHANNEL *channel, db_timeout_t timeout);

The DB_CHANNEL->set_timeout() method sets the default timeout value for the DB_CHANNEL handle. This timeout is used by the DB_CHANNEL->send_request() method.

The DB_CHANNEL->set_timeout() method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

Parameters

timeout

Configures the amount of time that may elapse while the DB_CHANNEL->send_request() method waits for a message response. The timeout value must be specified as an unsigned 32-bit number of microseconds, limiting the maximum timeout to roughly 71 minutes.

Errors

The DB_CHANNEL->set_timeout() method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:

EINVAL

If this method is called from a Base API application, or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

Class

DB_ENV, DB_CHANNEL

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