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<pre class="programlisting">#include &lt;db.h&gt;
int
DB_SEQUENCE-&gt;open(DB_SEQUENCE *seq, DB_TXN *txnid, DBT *key,
u_int32_t flags); </pre>
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The <code class="methodname">DB_SEQUENCE-&gt;open()</code> method opens the sequence represented by the
<span class="bold"><strong>key</strong></span>. The key must be compatible with
the underlying database specified in the corresponding call to
<a class="xref" href="seqcreate.html" title="db_sequence_create">db_sequence_create</a>.
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The <code class="methodname">DB_SEQUENCE-&gt;open()</code> <span>
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The <span class="bold"><strong>key</strong></span> specifies which record in the
database stores the persistent sequence data.
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The <span class="bold"><strong>flags</strong></span> parameter must be set to 0
or by bitwise inclusively <span class="bold"><strong>OR</strong></span>'ing
together one or more of the following values:
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<code class="literal">DB_CREATE</code>
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Create the sequence. If the sequence does not already exist and the
<code class="literal">DB_CREATE</code> flag is not specified, the
<code class="methodname">DB_SEQUENCE-&gt;open()</code> method will fail.
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<code class="literal">DB_EXCL</code>
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Return an error if the sequence already exists. This flag is only
meaningful when specified with the <code class="literal">DB_CREATE</code> flag.
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<code class="literal">DB_THREAD</code>
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Cause the <a class="link" href="seq.html" title="Chapter 11.  The DB_SEQUENCE Handle">DB_SEQUENCE</a>
handle returned by <code class="methodname">DB_SEQUENCE-&gt;open()</code> to be
<span class="emphasis"><em>free-threaded</em></span>; 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.
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If the operation is part of an application-specified transaction, the
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handle returned from <a class="xref" href="txnbegin.html" title="DB_ENV-&gt;txn_begin()">DB_ENV-&gt;txn_begin()</a>; if the
operation is part of a Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store group, the
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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 <a class="link" href="seq.html" title="Chapter 11.  The DB_SEQUENCE Handle">DB_SEQUENCE</a> handle
require the <a class="link" href="seq.html" title="Chapter 11.  The DB_SEQUENCE Handle">DB_SEQUENCE</a>
handle itself be transactionally protected during its open if the open
creates the sequence.
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<a class="link" href="seq.html" title="Chapter 11.  The DB_SEQUENCE Handle">DB_SEQUENCE</a>
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<a class="xref" href="seq.html#seqlist" title="Sequences and Related Methods">Sequences and Related Methods</a>
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