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memcached_prepend (3libmemcached)

Name

memcached_prepend - Appending to or Prepending to data on the server Appending or Prepending to data on the server

Synopsis

#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>

memcached_return_t      memcached_prepend(memcached_st *ptr,      const
char *key, size_t key_length, const  char *value,  size_t value_length,
time_t expiration, uint32_t flags)

memcached_return_t memcached_append(memcached_st *ptr, const char *key,
size_t key_length, const char *value, size_t value_length, time_t expi-
ration, uint32_t flags)

memcached_return_t   memcached_prepend_by_key(memcached_st *ptr,  const
char *group_key,     size_t group_key_length,     const      char *key,
size_t key_length, const char *value, size_t value_length, time_t expi-
ration, uint32_t flags)

memcached_return_t   memcached_append_by_key(memcached_st *ptr,   const
char *group_key,      size_t group_key_length,     const     char *key,
size_t key_length, const char *value, size_t value_length, time_t expi-
ration, uint32_t flags)

Compile and link with -lmemcached

Description

libmemcached                                  MEMCACHED_PREPEND(3libmemcached)



NAME
       memcached_prepend - Appending to or Prepending to data on the server

       Appending or Prepending to data on the server

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libmemcached/memcached.h>

       memcached_return_t      memcached_prepend(memcached_st *ptr,      const
       char *key, size_t key_length, const  char *value,  size_t value_length,
       time_t expiration, uint32_t flags)

       memcached_return_t memcached_append(memcached_st *ptr, const char *key,
       size_t key_length, const char *value, size_t value_length, time_t expi-
       ration, uint32_t flags)

       memcached_return_t   memcached_prepend_by_key(memcached_st *ptr,  const
       char *group_key,     size_t group_key_length,     const      char *key,
       size_t key_length, const char *value, size_t value_length, time_t expi-
       ration, uint32_t flags)

       memcached_return_t   memcached_append_by_key(memcached_st *ptr,   const
       char *group_key,      size_t group_key_length,     const     char *key,
       size_t key_length, const char *value, size_t value_length, time_t expi-
       ration, uint32_t flags)

       Compile and link with -lmemcached

DESCRIPTION
       memcached_prepend() and memcached_append are used to modify information
       on a server. All methods take a  key,  and  its  length  to  store  the
       object.  Keys are currently limited to 250 characters when using either
       a version of memcached which is 1.4 or below, or when  using  the  text
       protocol. You must supply both a value and a length. Optionally you may
       test an expiration time for the object and a 16 byte value (it is meant
       to be used as a bitmap). "flags" is a 4byte space that is stored along-
       side of the main value. Many sub libraries make use of this  field,  so
       in most cases users should avoid making use of it.

       memcached_prepend()  places  a segment of data before the last piece of
       data stored. Currently expiration and key are not used in the server.

       memcached_append() places a segment of data at  the  end  of  the  last
       piece  of data stored. Currently expiration and key are not used in the
       server.

       memcached_prepend_by_key() and memcached_append_by_key()  methods  both
       behave  in  a  similar method as the non key methods. The difference is
       that they use their group_key parameter to map  objects  to  particular
       servers.

       If  you  are looking for performance, memcached_set() with non-blocking
       IO is the fastest way to store data on the server.

       All of the  above  functions  are  testsed  with  the  MEMCACHED_BEHAV-
       IOR_USE_UDP behavior enabled. However, when using these operations with
       this behavior on, there are limits to the size  of  the  payload  being
       sent  to the server.  The reason for these limits is that the Memcached
       Server does not allow multi-datagram requests and  the  current  server
       implementation  sets  a  datagram  size  to 1400 bytes. Due to protocol
       overhead, the actual limit of the user supplied data is less than  1400
       bytes  and  depends  on  the  protocol in use as, well as the operation
       being executed. When running with the binary protocol, MEMCACHED_BEHAV-
       IOR_BINARY_PROTOCOL,  the  size of the key,value, flags and expiry com-
       bined may not exceed 1368 bytes. When running with the ASCII  protocol,
       the  exact  limit  fluctuates depending on which function is being exe-
       cuted and whether the function is a cas operation or not.  For  non-cas
       ASCII  set operations, there are at least 1335 bytes available to split
       among the key, key_prefix, and value; for cas  ASCII  operations  there
       are  at  least  1318 bytes available to split among the key, key_prefix
       and value. If the  total  size  of  the  command,  including  overhead,
       exceeds 1400 bytes, a MEMCACHED_WRITE_FAILURE will be returned.

RETURN
       All  methods return a value of type memcached_return_t.  On success the
       value will be MEMCACHED_SUCCESS.  Use memcached_strerror() to translate
       this value to a printable string.

HOME
       To find out more information please check: http://libmemcached.org/


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+----------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |   ATTRIBUTE VALUE    |
       +---------------+----------------------+
       |Availability   | library/libmemcached |
       +---------------+----------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted          |
       +---------------+----------------------+

SEE ALSO
       memcached(1) libmemached(3) memcached_strerror(3) memcached_set(3) mem-
       cached_add(3) memcached_cas(3) memcached_replace(3)

AUTHOR
       Brian Aker

COPYRIGHT
       2011-2013, Brian Aker DataDifferential, http://datadifferential.com/



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source    was    downloaded     from      https://launchpad.net/libmem-
       cached/1.0/1.0.18/+download/libmemcached-1.0.18.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://libmemcached.org/libMemcached.html.



1.0.18                         February 09, 2014
                                              MEMCACHED_PREPEND(3libmemcached)