#include <db.h>

int
DB->put(DB *db,
    DB_TXN *txnid, DBT *key, DBT *data, u_int32_t flags);

Description

The DB->put function stores key/data pairs in the database. The default behavior of the DB->put function is to enter the new key/data pair, replacing any previously existing key if duplicates are disallowed, or adding a duplicate data item if duplicates are allowed. If the database supports duplicates, the DB->put function adds the new data value at the end of the duplicate set. If the database supports sorted duplicates, the new data value is inserted at the correct sorted location.

If the file is being accessed under transaction protection, the txnid parameter is a transaction ID returned from txn_begin, otherwise, NULL.

The flags parameter must be set to 0 or one of the following values:

DB_APPEND

Append the key/data pair to the end of the database. For the DB_APPEND flag to be specified, the underlying database must be a Queue or Recno database. The record number allocated to the record is returned in the specified key.

There is a minor behavioral difference between the Recno and Queue access methods for the DB_APPEND flag. If a transaction enclosing a DB->put operation with the DB_APPEND flag aborts, the record number may be decremented (and later re-allocated by a subsequent DB_APPEND operation) by the Recno access method, but will not be decremented or re-allocated by the Queue access method.

DB_NODUPDATA

In the case of the Btree and Hash access methods, insert the specified key/data pair into the database unless it already exists in the database. If the key/data pair already appears in the database, DB_KEYEXIST is returned. The DB_NODUPDATA flag may only be specified if the underlying database has been configured to support sorted duplicates.

The DB_NODUPDATA flag may not be specified to the Queue or Recno access methods.

DB_NOOVERWRITE

Enter the new key/data pair only if the key does not already appear in the database. If the key already appears in the database, DB_KEYEXIST is returned. Even if the database allows duplicates, a call to DB->put with the DB_NOOVERWRITE flag set will fail if the key already exists in the database.

Otherwise, the DB->put function returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

Errors

The DB->put function may fail and return a non-zero error for the following conditions:

DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK

The operation was selected to resolve a deadlock.

EACCES

An attempt was made to modify a read-only database.

EINVAL

An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

A record number of 0 was specified.

An attempt was made to add a record to a fixed-length database that was too large to fit.

An attempt was made to do a partial put.

ENOSPC

A btree exceeded the maximum btree depth (255).

The DB->put function may fail and return a non-zero error for errors specified for other Berkeley DB and C library or system functions. If a catastrophic error has occurred, the DB->put function may fail and return DB_RUNRECOVERY, in which case all subsequent Berkeley DB calls will fail in the same way.

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