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<b>DB->set_bt_compare</b>
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#include <db.h>
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<p>
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int
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DB->set_bt_compare(DB *db,
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int (*bt_compare_fcn)(DB *db, const DBT *dbt1, const DBT *dbt2));
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<b>Description: DB->set_bt_compare</b>
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<p>Set the Btree key comparison function. The comparison function is
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called whenever it is necessary to compare a key specified by the
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application with a key currently stored in the tree.</p>
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<p>If no comparison function is specified, the keys are compared lexically,
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with shorter keys collating before longer keys.</p>
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<p>The DB->set_bt_compare method configures operations performed using the specified
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<a href="../api_c/db_class.html">DB</a> handle, not all operations performed on the underlying
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database.</p>
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<p>The DB->set_bt_compare method may not be called after the <a href="../api_c/db_open.html">DB->open</a> method is called.
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If the database already exists when
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<a href="../api_c/db_open.html">DB->open</a> is called, the information specified to DB->set_bt_compare must
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be the same as that historically used to create the database or
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corruption can occur.</p>
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<p>The DB->set_bt_compare method
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returns a non-zero error value on failure
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and 0 on success.
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<b>Parameters</b> <br>
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<b>bt_compare_fcn</b><ul compact><li>The <b>bt_compare_fcn</b> function is the application-specified Btree
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comparison function. The comparison function takes three parameters:
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<br>
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<b><b>db</b></b><ul compact><li>The <b>db</b> parameter is the enclosing database handle.</ul>
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<b><b>dbt1</b></b><ul compact><li>The <b>dbt1</b> parameter is the <a href="../api_c/dbt_class.html">DBT</a> representing the
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application supplied key.</ul>
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<b><b>dbt2</b></b><ul compact><li>The <b>dbt2</b> parameter is the <a href="../api_c/dbt_class.html">DBT</a> representing the
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current tree's key.</ul>
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<br></ul>
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<p>The <b>bt_compare_fcn</b> function must return an integer value less
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than, equal to, or greater than zero if the first key parameter is
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considered to be respectively less than, equal to, or greater than the
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second key parameter. In addition, the comparison function must cause
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the keys in the database to be <i>well-ordered</i>. The comparison
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function must correctly handle any key values used by the application
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(possibly including zero-length keys). In addition, when Btree key
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prefix comparison is being performed (see <a href="../api_c/db_set_bt_prefix.html">DB->set_bt_prefix</a> for
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more information), the comparison routine may be passed a prefix of any
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database key. The <b>data</b> and <b>size</b> fields of the
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<a href="../api_c/dbt_class.html">DBT</a> are the only fields that may be used for the purposes of
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this comparison, and no particular alignment of the memory to which by
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the <b>data</b> field refers may be assumed.</p>
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<br>
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<br><b>Errors</b>
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<p>The DB->set_bt_compare method
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may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:</p>
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<b>EINVAL</b><ul compact><li>If the method was called after <a href="../api_c/db_open.html">DB->open</a> was called; or if an
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invalid flag value or parameter was specified.</ul>
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<br><b>Class</b>
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<a href="../api_c/db_class.html">DB</a>
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<br><b>See Also</b>
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<a href="../api_c/db_list.html">Databases and Related Methods</a>
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