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<pre class="programlisting">#include &lt;db_cxx.h&gt;
int
Db::truncate(DbTxn *txnid, u_int32_t *countp, u_int32_t flags);</pre>
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The <code class="methodname">Db::truncate()</code> method empties the database, discarding all
records it contains. The number of records discarded from the
database is returned in <span class="bold"><strong>countp</strong></span>.
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When called on a database configured with secondary indices using the
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method, the <code class="methodname">Db::truncate()</code> method truncates the primary database and
all secondary indices. A count of the records discarded from the
primary database is returned.
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It is an error to call the <code class="methodname">Db::truncate()</code> method on a database with
open cursors.
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The <code class="methodname">Db::truncate()</code> <span>
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<span class="bold"><strong>txnid</strong></span> parameter is a handle returned
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The <span class="bold"><strong>countp</strong></span> parameter references
memory into which the number of records discarded from the database
is copied.
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The <code class="methodname">Db::truncate()</code> <span>
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A transactional database environment operation was selected to resolve
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Otherwise, <code class="literal">DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK</code> is returned.
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A Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store database environment configured
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If there are open cursors in the database; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
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