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<pre class="programlisting">#include &lt;db.h&gt;
int
DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags(DB_ENV *dbenv, u_int32_t flags, int onoff); </pre>
<p>
Configure a database environment.
</p>
<p>
The database environment's flag values may also be configured
using the environment's <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> file. The syntax of the entry
in that file is a single line with the string "set_flags", one or
more whitespace characters, and the method flag parameter as a
string, and optionally one or more whitespace characters, and the
string "on" or "off". If the optional string is omitted, the
default is "on"; for example, "set_flags DB_TXN_NOSYNC" or
"set_flags DB_TXN_NOSYNC on". Because the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> file is read
when the database environment is opened, it will silently overrule
configuration done before that time.
</p>
<p>
The <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> <span>
<span>
method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.
</span>
</span>
</p>
<div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a id="idp60011072"></a>Parameters</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a id="idp60015632"></a>flags</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>
The <span class="bold"><strong>flags</strong></span> parameter must be set by
bitwise inclusively <span class="bold"><strong>OR</strong></span>'ing together
one or more of the following values:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul type="disc">
<li>
<p><a id="envset_flags_DB_AUTO_COMMIT"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_AUTO_COMMIT</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, <a class="link" href="db.html" title="Chapter 2.  The DB Handle">DB</a> handle
operations for which no explicit transaction handle was specified, and
which modify databases in the database environment, will be
automatically enclosed within a transaction.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with this flag only affects the specified
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handle (and any other
Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle). For
consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in the
environment must either set this flag
or the flag should be specified in the
<a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
This flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any time during the life
of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_CDB_ALLDB"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_CDB_ALLDB</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store applications will perform
locking on an environment-wide basis rather than on a per-database
basis.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_CDB_ALLDB flag only affects
the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of
that handle). For consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in
the environment must either set the DB_CDB_ALLDB flag or the flag
should be specified in the
<a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_CDB_ALLDB flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB only before
the <a class="xref" href="envopen.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;open()">DB_ENV-&gt;open()</a> method
is called.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_DIRECT_DB"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_DIRECT_DB</code>
</p>
<p>
Turn off system buffering of Berkeley DB database files to avoid
double caching.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with
the DB_DIRECT_DB flag only affects the specified
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handle (and any other
Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that
handle). For consistent behavior across the environment,
all <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened
in the environment must either set the DB_DIRECT_DB flag
or the flag should be specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a>
configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_DIRECT_DB flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any time
during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_HOTBACKUP_IN_PROGRESS"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_HOTBACKUP_IN_PROGRESS</code>
</p>
<p>
Set this flag prior to creating a
hot backup of a database environment.
If a transaction with the bulk
insert optimization enabled (with the
<a class="xref" href="txnbegin.html#txnbegin_DB_TXN_BULK">
<code class="literal">DB_TXN_BULK</code>
</a> flag) is in progress,
setting the <code class="literal">DB_HOTBACKUP_IN_PROGRESS</code> flag
forces a checkpoint in the environment.
After
this flag is set in the environment, the bulk insert
optimization is disabled, until the flag is reset.
Using this protocol allows a hot backup procedure to
make a consistent copy of the database even when
bulk transactions are ongoing. For more information, see the
section on Hot Backup in the <span class="emphasis"><em>Getting Started
With Transaction Processing Guide</em></span> and the description of the
<a class="xref" href="txnbegin.html#txnbegin_DB_TXN_BULK">
<code class="literal">DB_TXN_BULK</code>
</a> flag in the
<a class="xref" href="txnbegin.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;txn_begin()">DB_ENV-&gt;txn_begin()</a> method.
</p>
<p>
The <a class="xref" href="db_hotbackup.html" title="db_hotbackup">db_hotbackup</a>
utility implements the protocol described above.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_DSYNC_DB"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_DSYNC_DB</code>
</p>
<p>
Configure Berkeley DB to flush database writes to the backing disk
before returning from the write system call, rather than flushing
database writes explicitly in a separate system call, as necessary.
This is only available on some systems (for example, systems
supporting the IEEE/ANSI Std 1003.1 (POSIX) standard O_DSYNC flag, or
systems supporting the Windows FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH flag). This
flag may result in inaccurate file modification times and other
file-level information for Berkeley DB database files. This flag will
almost certainly result in a performance decrease on most systems.
This flag is only applicable to certain filesysystems (for example, the
Veritas VxFS filesystem), where the filesystem's support for trickling
writes back to stable storage behaves badly (or more likely, has been
misconfigured).
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_DSYNC_DB flag only affects
the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of
that handle). For consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in
the environment must either set the DB_DSYNC_DB flag or the flag
should be specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_DSYNC_DB flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any time
during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_MULTIVERSION"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_MULTIVERSION</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, all databases in the environment will be opened as if
DB_MULTIVERSION is passed to the <a class="xref" href="dbopen.html" title="DB-&gt;open()">DB-&gt;open()</a>
method. This flag will be ignored for queue databases for which DB_MULTIVERSION is not
supported.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_MULTIVERSION flag only
affects the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handle (and any other
Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle). For
consistent behavior across the environment, all <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handles opened in the environment must either set the DB_MULTIVERSION flag or the flag
should be specified in the
<a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_MULTIVERSION flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any
time during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_NOLOCKING"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_NOLOCKING</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, Berkeley DB will grant all requested mutual exclusion mutexes
and database locks without regard for their actual availability. This
functionality should never be used for purposes other than debugging.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_NOLOCKING flag only affects
the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of
that handle).
</p>
<p>
The DB_NOLOCKING flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any time
during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_NOMMAP"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_NOMMAP</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, Berkeley DB will copy read-only database files into the local
cache instead of potentially mapping them into process memory (see the
description of the <a class="xref" href="envset_mp_mmapsize.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;set_mp_mmapsize()">DB_ENV-&gt;set_mp_mmapsize()</a>
method for further information).
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_NOMMAP flag only affects the
specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handle
(and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that
handle). For consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in the
environment must either set the DB_NOMMAP flag or the flag should be
specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_NOMMAP flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any time
during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_NOPANIC"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_NOPANIC</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, Berkeley DB will ignore any panic state in the database
environment. (Database environments in a panic state normally refuse
all attempts to call Berkeley DB functions, returning
<a href="../../programmer_reference/program_errorret.html#program_errorret.DB_RUNRECOVERY" class="olink">DB_RUNRECOVERY</a>.)
This functionality should never be used for purposes other than
debugging.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_NOPANIC flag only affects the
specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handle
(and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that
handle).
</p>
<p>
The DB_NOPANIC flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any time
during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_OVERWRITE"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_OVERWRITE</code>
</p>
<p>
Overwrite files stored in encrypted formats before deleting them.
Berkeley DB overwrites files using alternating 0xff, 0x00 and 0xff
byte patterns. For file overwriting to be effective, the underlying
file must be stored on a fixed-block filesystem. Systems with
journaling or logging filesystems will require operating system
support and probably modification of the Berkeley DB sources.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_OVERWRITE flag only affects
the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of
that handle).
</p>
<p>
The DB_OVERWRITE flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any time
during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_PANIC_ENVIRONMENT"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_PANIC_ENVIRONMENT</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, Berkeley DB will set the panic state for the database
environment. (Database environments in a panic state normally refuse
all attempts to call Berkeley DB functions, returning
<a href="../../programmer_reference/program_errorret.html#program_errorret.DB_RUNRECOVERY" class="olink">DB_RUNRECOVERY</a>.)
This flag may not be specified using the environment's
<a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> file.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_PANIC_ENVIRONMENT flag
affects the database environment, including all threads of control
accessing the database environment.
</p>
<p>
The DB_PANIC_ENVIRONMENT flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB
only after the <a class="xref" href="envopen.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;open()">DB_ENV-&gt;open()</a> method is called.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_REGION_INIT"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_REGION_INIT</code>
</p>
<p>
In some applications, the expense of page-faulting the underlying
shared memory regions can affect performance. (For example, if the
page-fault occurs while holding a lock, other lock requests can
convoy, and overall throughput may decrease.) If set, Berkeley DB
will page-fault shared regions into memory when initially creating or
joining a Berkeley DB environment. In addition, Berkeley DB will
write the shared regions when creating an environment, forcing the
underlying virtual memory and filesystems to instantiate both the
necessary memory and the necessary disk space. This can also avoid
out-of-disk space failures later on.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_REGION_INIT flag only affects
the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of
that handle). For consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in
the environment must either set the DB_REGION_INIT flag or the flag
should be specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_REGION_INIT flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any
time during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="envset_flags_DB_TIME_NOTGRANTED"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_TIME_NOTGRANTED</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, database calls timing out based on lock or transaction timeout
values will return
<a href="../../programmer_reference/program_errorret.html#program_errorret.DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED" class="olink">DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED</a>
instead of
<a href="../../programmer_reference/program_errorret.html#program_errorret.DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK" class="olink">DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK</a>.
This allows applications to distinguish between operations which have
deadlocked and operations which have exceeded their time limits.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_TIME_NOTGRANTED flag only
affects the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handle (and any other
Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle). For
consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in the
environment must either set the DB_TIME_NOTGRANTED flag or the flag
should be specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The <code class="literal">DB_TIME_NOTGRANTED</code> flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at
any time during the life of the application.
</p>
<p>
Note that the <a class="xref" href="lockget.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;lock_get()">DB_ENV-&gt;lock_get()</a>
and <a class="xref" href="lockvec.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;lock_vec()">DB_ENV-&gt;lock_vec()</a>
methods are unaffected by this flag.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="envset_flags_DB_TXN_NOSYNC"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_TXN_NOSYNC</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, Berkeley DB will not write or synchronously flush the log on
transaction commit. This means that transactions exhibit the ACI
(atomicity, consistency, and isolation) properties, but not D
(durability); that is, database integrity will be maintained, but if
the application or system fails, it is possible some number of the
most recently committed transactions may be undone during recovery.
The number of transactions at risk is governed by how many log updates
can fit into the log buffer, how often the operating system flushes
dirty buffers to disk, and how often the log is checkpointed.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_TXN_NOSYNC flag only affects
the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of
that handle). For consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in
the environment must either set the DB_TXN_NOSYNC flag or the flag
should be specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_TXN_NOSYNC flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any
time during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_TXN_NOWAIT"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_TXN_NOWAIT</code>
</p>
<p>
If set and a lock is unavailable for any Berkeley DB operation
performed in the context of a transaction, cause the operation to
return
<a href="../../programmer_reference/program_errorret.html#program_errorret.DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK" class="olink">DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK</a>
(or
<a href="../../programmer_reference/program_errorret.html#program_errorret.DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED" class="olink">DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED</a>
if configured using the DB_TIME_NOTGRANTED flag).
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_TXN_NOWAIT flag only affects
the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of
that handle). For consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in
the environment must either set the DB_TXN_NOWAIT flag or the flag
should be specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_TXN_NOWAIT flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any
time during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, all transactions in the environment will be started as if
DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT were passed to the
<a class="xref" href="txnbegin.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;txn_begin()">DB_ENV-&gt;txn_begin()</a> method, and all
non-transactional cursors will be opened as if DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT were
passed to the <a class="xref" href="dbcursor.html" title="DB-&gt;cursor()">DB-&gt;cursor()</a> method.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT flag only
affects the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle). For
consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in the
environment must either set the DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT flag or the flag
should be specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any
time during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, Berkeley DB will write, but will not synchronously flush, the
log on transaction commit. This means that transactions exhibit the
ACI (atomicity, consistency, and isolation) properties, but not D
(durability); that is, database integrity will be maintained, but if
the system fails, it is possible some number of the most recently
committed transactions may be undone during recovery. The number of
transactions at risk is governed by how often the system flushes dirty
buffers to disk and how often the log is checkpointed.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC flag only
affects the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle). For
consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in the
environment must either set the DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC flag or the flag
should be specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at
any time during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a id="set_flags_DB_YIELDCPU"></a>
<code class="literal">DB_YIELDCPU</code>
</p>
<p>
If set, Berkeley DB will yield the processor immediately after each
page or mutex acquisition. This functionality should never be used
for purposes other than stress testing.
</p>
<p>
Calling <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> with the DB_YIELDCPU flag only affects
the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of
that handle). For consistent behavior across the environment, all
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a> handles opened in
the environment must either set the DB_YIELDCPU flag or the flag
should be specified in the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> configuration file.
</p>
<p>
The DB_YIELDCPU flag may be used to configure Berkeley DB at any time
during the life of the application.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a id="idp60004832"></a>onoff</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>
If the <span class="bold"><strong>onoff</strong></span> parameter is zero, the
specified flags are cleared; otherwise they are set.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a id="idp60000408"></a>Errors</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>
The <code class="methodname">DB_ENV-&gt;set_flags()</code> <span>
<span>
method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:
</span>
</span>
</p>
<div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a id="idp60039872"></a>EINVAL</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>
An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a id="idp59990160"></a>Class</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>
<a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5.  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
</p>
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<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a id="idp59987968"></a>See Also</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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