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<pre class="programlisting">#include &lt;db.h&gt;
int
DB_CHANNEL-&gt;send_request(DB_CHANNEL *channel, DBT *request,
u_int32_t nrequest, DBT *response,
db_timeout_t timeout, u_int32_t flags); </pre>
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The <code class="methodname">DB_CHANNEL-&gt;send_request()</code> method
sends a message on the message channel. The message is sent
synchronously; the method blocks waiting for a response before
returning. If a response is not received within the timeout value
configured for this request, this method returns with an error
condition.
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If you do not want to block while waiting for a response from a remote
site, use the
<a class="xref" href="dbchannel_send_msg.html" title="DB_CHANNEL-&gt;send_msg()">DB_CHANNEL-&gt;send_msg()</a>
method.
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The message sent by this method is received and handled at
remote sites using a message dispatch callback, which is configured
using the <a class="xref" href="repmgr_msg_dispatch.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;repmgr_msg_dispatch()">DB_ENV-&gt;repmgr_msg_dispatch()</a>
method.
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The <code class="methodname">DB_CHANNEL-&gt;send_request()</code> <span>
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method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.
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<h4 class="title"><a id="id3924601"></a>request</h4>
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Refers to an array of DBT handles. For more
information, see
<a class="xref" href="dbt.html" title="Chapter 4.  The DBT Handle">
The DBT Handle
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Any flags provided to the DBT handles used in this
array are ignored.
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<h4 class="title"><a id="id3924521"></a>nrequest</h4>
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Indicates how many elements are contained in the
<code class="literal">msg</code> array.
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Points to a single DBT handle, which is used to
receive the response from the remote site. By default, the
response is expected to be a single-part message. If
there is a possibility that the response could be a
multi-part message, specify <code class="literal">DB_MULTIPLE</code>
to this method's <span class="bold"><strong>flags</strong></span>
parameter.
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The response DBT should specify one of the
following flags:
<code class="literal">DB_DBT_MALLOC</code>, <code class="literal">DB_DBT_REALLOC</code>,
or <code class="literal">DB_DBT_USERMEM</code>.
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For more information on configuring and using
DBTs, see
<a class="xref" href="dbt.html" title="Chapter 4.  The DBT Handle">
The DBT Handle
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Note that the response DBT can be empty. In this
way an application can send an acknowledgement even if
there is no other information that needs to be sent.
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Configures the amount of time that may elapse while this
method waits for a response from the remote site. If this
timeout period elapses without a response, this method
returns with an error condition.
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The timeout value must be specified as an unsigned 32-bit
number of microseconds, limiting the maximum timeout to
roughly 71 minutes.
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A timeout value of <code class="literal">0</code>
indicates that the channel's default timeout value should
be used. This default is configured using the
<a class="xref" href="dbchannel_set_timeout.html" title="DB_CHANNEL-&gt;set_timeout()">DB_CHANNEL-&gt;set_timeout()</a>
method.
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This parameter must be set to either
<code class="literal">DB_MULTIPLE</code> or 0.
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If there is a possibility that the response can consist of
multiple DBT handles, specify
<code class="literal">DB_MULTIPLE</code> to this parameter. In that
case, the response buffer is formatted for bulk
operations.
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The <code class="methodname">DB_CHANNEL-&gt;send_request()</code>
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method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:
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<code class="literal">DB_MULTIPLE</code> was not specified for the
response DBT, but the remote site sent a response
consisting of more than one DBT; or a buffer
supplied using <code class="literal">DB_DBT_USERMEM</code>
was not large enough to contain the message response.
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A message was sent to a remote site that has not
configured a message dispatch call-back function.
Use the
<a class="xref" href="repmgr_msg_dispatch.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;repmgr_msg_dispatch()">DB_ENV-&gt;repmgr_msg_dispatch()</a>
method at every site belonging to the replication group to configure a
message dispatch call-back function.
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If this method is called from a Base API application,
or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
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<a class="xref" href="rep.html#replist" title="Replication and Related Methods">Replication and Related Methods</a>
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