DbSequence::open()

#include <db_cxx.h>

int
DbSequence::open(DbTxn *txnid, Dbt *key, u_int32_t flags); 

The DbSequence::open() method opens the sequence represented by the key. The key must be compatible with the underlying database specified in the corresponding call to DbSequence .

The DbSequence::open() method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure, and returns 0 on success.

Parameters

key

The key specifies which record in the database stores the persistent sequence data.

flags

The flags parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise inclusively OR'ing together one or more of the following values:

  • DB_CREATE

    Create the sequence. If the sequence does not already exist and the DB_CREATE flag is not specified, the DbSequence::open() method will fail.

  • DB_EXCL

    Return an error if the sequence already exists. This flag is only meaningful when specified with the DB_CREATE flag.

  • DB_THREAD

    Cause the DbSequence handle returned by DbSequence::open() to be free-threaded; that is, usable by multiple threads within a single address space. Note that if multiple threads create multiple sequences using the same database handle that handle must have been opened specifying this flag.

    Be aware that enabling this flag will serialize calls to DB when using the handle across threads. If concurrent scaling is important to your application we recommend opening separate handles for each thread (and not specifying this flag), rather than sharing handles between threads.

txnid

If the operation is part of an application-specified transaction, the txnid parameter is a transaction handle returned from DbEnv::txn_begin() ; if the operation is part of a Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store group, the txnid parameter is a handle returned from DbEnv::cdsgroup_begin() ; otherwise NULL. If no transaction handle is specified, but the operation occurs in a transactional database, the operation will be implicitly transaction protected. Transactionally protected operations on a DbSequence handle require the DbSequence handle itself be transactionally protected during its open if the open creates the sequence.

Class

DbSequence

See Also

Sequences and Related Methods