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<pre class="programlisting">#include &lt;db_cxx.h&gt;
void Db::set_error_stream(class ostream*); </pre>
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When an error occurs in the Berkeley DB library, an exception
is thrown or an <span class="bold"><strong>errno</strong></span> value
is returned by the interface. In some cases, however, the
<span class="bold"><strong>errno</strong></span> value may be
insufficient to completely describe the cause of the error,
especially during initial application debugging.
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The <a class="xref" href="envset_error_stream.html" title="DbEnv::set_error_stream()">DbEnv::set_error_stream()</a>
and <code class="methodname">Db::set_error_stream()</code> methods are used
to enhance the mechanism for reporting error messages to the
application by setting the C++ ostream used for displaying
additional Berkeley DB error messages. In some cases, when an
error occurs, Berkeley DB will output an additional error message
to the specified stream.
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The error message will consist of the prefix string and a colon
("<span class="bold"><strong>:</strong></span>") (if a prefix string was
previously specified using
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Setting <span class="bold"><strong>stream</strong></span> to NULL unconfigures the interface.
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to display the additional information via a C Library <code class="literal">FILE *</code>,
or the <a class="xref" href="envset_errcall.html" title="DbEnv::set_errcall()">DbEnv::set_errcall()</a>
and <a class="xref" href="dbset_errcall.html" title="Db::set_errcall()">Db::set_errcall()</a>
methods to capture the additional error information in a way that does not use either
output streams or C Library <code class="literal">FILE *</code>'s.
You should not mix these approaches.
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This error-logging enhancement does not slow performance or significantly increase
application size, and may be run during normal operation as well as during application
debugging.
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For <a class="link" href="db.html" title="Chapter 2.  The Db Handle">Db</a> handles opened inside of Berkeley DB
environments, calling the <code class="methodname">Db::set_error_stream()</code> method
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The <code class="methodname">Db::set_error_stream()</code> method may be called at any time during the
life of the application.
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The <span class="bold"><strong>stream</strong></span> parameter is the
application-specified output stream to be used for additional error
information.
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