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< pre class = "programlisting" > #include < db.h>
int
DB_ENV-> dbremove(DB_ENV *dbenv, DB_TXN *txnid,
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The < code class = "methodname" > DB_ENV-> dbremove()< / code > method removes the database specified by the
< span class = "bold" > < strong > file< / strong > < / span > and < span class = "bold" > < strong > database< / strong > < / span > parameters. If no < span class = "bold" > < strong > database< / strong > < / span > is specified, the underlying file
represented by < span class = "bold" > < strong > file< / strong > < / span > is removed,
incidentally removing all of the databases it contained.
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Applications should never remove databases with open
< a class = "link" href = "db.html" title = "Chapter 2. The DB Handle" > DB< / a > handles, or in the case of
removing a file, when any database in the file has an open handle.
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The < code class = "methodname" > DB_ENV-> dbremove()< / code > < span >
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method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.
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< code class = "methodname" > DB_ENV-> dbremove()< / code > is affected by any database directory specified using the
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method, or by setting the < code class = "literal" > set_data_dir< / code > string in the environment's
< a href = "../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class = "olink" > DB_CONFIG< / a > file.
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If the operation is part of an application-specified transaction, the
< span class = "bold" > < strong > txnid< / strong > < / span > parameter is a transaction
handle returned from
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operation is part of a Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store group, the
< span class = "bold" > < strong > txnid< / strong > < / span > parameter is a handle returned
from < a class = "xref" href = "envcdsgroup_begin.html" title = "DB_ENV->cdsgroup_begin()" > DB_ENV-> cdsgroup_begin()< / a > ;
otherwise NULL. If no transaction handle is specified, but the
< code class = "literal" > DB_AUTO_COMMIT< / code > flag is specified to either this method
or the environment handle, the operation will be implicitly transaction protected.
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The < span class = "bold" > < strong > file< / strong > < / span > parameter is the physical
file which contains the database(s) to be removed.
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The < span class = "bold" > < strong > database< / strong > < / span > parameter is the
database to be removed.
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The < span class = "bold" > < strong > flags< / strong > < / span > parameter must
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< code class = "literal" > DB_AUTO_COMMIT< / code >
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Enclose the < code class = "classname" > DB_ENV-> dbremove()< / code >
call within a transaction. If the call succeeds,
changes made by the operation will be recoverable.
If the call fails, the operation will have made no
changes.
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The environment variable < code class = "literal" > DB_HOME< / code > may be used as the path of
the database environment home.
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A transactional database environment operation was selected to resolve
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A Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store database environment configured
for lock timeouts was unable to grant a lock in the allowed time.
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If the method was called before < a class = "xref" href = "envopen.html" title = "DB_ENV->open()" > DB_ENV-> open()< / a >
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The file or directory does not exist.
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