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<b>DB_ENV->txn_begin</b>
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#include <db.h>
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int
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DB_ENV->txn_begin(DB_ENV *env,
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DB_TXN *parent, DB_TXN **tid, u_int32_t flags);
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<b>Description: DB_ENV->txn_begin</b>
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<p>The DB_ENV->txn_begin method creates a new transaction in the environment
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and copies a pointer to a <a href="../api_c/txn_class.html">DB_TXN</a> that uniquely identifies it into
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the memory to which <b>tid</b> refers. Calling the <a href="../api_c/txn_abort.html">DB_TXN->abort</a>,
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<a href="../api_c/txn_commit.html">DB_TXN->commit</a> or <a href="../api_c/txn_discard.html">DB_TXN->discard</a> methods will discard the returned
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handle.</p>
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<p><b>Note: Transactions may only span threads if they do so serially;
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that is, each transaction must be active in only a single thread
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of control at a time. This restriction holds for parents of nested
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transactions as well; no two children may be concurrently active in
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more than one thread of control at any one time.</b></p>
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<p><b>Note: Cursors may not span transactions; that is, each cursor must be
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opened and closed within a single transaction.</b></p>
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<p><b>Note: A parent transaction may not issue any Berkeley DB operations -- except for
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DB_ENV->txn_begin, <a href="../api_c/txn_abort.html">DB_TXN->abort</a> and <a href="../api_c/txn_commit.html">DB_TXN->commit</a> -- while it has
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active child transactions (child transactions that have not yet been
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committed or aborted).</b></p>
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<p>The DB_ENV->txn_begin 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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</p>
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<b>Parameters</b> <br>
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<b>flags</b><ul compact><li>The <b>flags</b> parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise inclusively <b>OR</b>'ing together one
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or more of the following values:
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<b><a name="DB_READ_COMMITTED">DB_READ_COMMITTED</a></b><ul compact><li>This transaction will have degree 2 isolation. This provides for cursor
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stability but not repeatable reads. Data items which have been
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previously read by this transaction may be deleted or modified by other
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transactions before this transaction completes.</ul>
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<b><a name="DB_READ_UNCOMMITTED">DB_READ_UNCOMMITTED</a></b><ul compact><li>This transaction will have degree 1 isolation. Read operations
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performed by the transaction may read modified but not yet committed
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data. Silently ignored if the DB_READ_UNCOMMITTED flag was not
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specified when the underlying database was opened.</ul>
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<b><a name="DB_TXN_NOSYNC">DB_TXN_NOSYNC</a></b><ul compact><li>Do not synchronously flush the log when this transaction commits or
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prepares. This means the transaction will exhibit the ACI (atomicity,
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consistency, and isolation) properties, but not D (durability); that is,
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database integrity will be maintained but it is possible that this
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transaction may be undone during recovery.
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<p>This behavior may be set for a Berkeley DB environment using the
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<a href="../api_c/env_set_flags.html">DB_ENV->set_flags</a> method. Any value specified to this method overrides
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that setting.</p></ul>
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<b><a name="DB_TXN_NOWAIT">DB_TXN_NOWAIT</a></b><ul compact><li>If a lock is unavailable for any Berkeley DB operation performed in the context
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of this transaction, cause the operation to
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return <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK">DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK</a> (or <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED">DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED</a> if the
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database environment has been configured using the
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<a href="../api_c/env_set_flags.html#DB_TIME_NOTGRANTED">DB_TIME_NOTGRANTED</a> flag).
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<p>This behavior may be set for a Berkeley DB environment using the
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<a href="../api_c/env_set_flags.html">DB_ENV->set_flags</a> method. Any value specified to this method overrides
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that setting.</p></ul>
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<b><a name="DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT">DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT</a></b><ul compact><li>This transaction will execute with <a href="../ref/transapp/read.html">snapshot isolation</a>. For databases with the <a href="../api_c/db_open.html#DB_MULTIVERSION">DB_MULTIVERSION</a>
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flag set, data values will be read as they are when the transaction
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begins, without taking read locks. Silently ignored for operations on
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databases with <a href="../api_c/db_open.html#DB_MULTIVERSION">DB_MULTIVERSION</a> not set on the underlying
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database (read locks are acquired).
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<p>The error <a name="DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK">DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK</a> will be returned from update
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operations if a snapshot transaction attempts to update data
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which was modified after the snapshot transaction read it.</p></ul>
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<b><a name="DB_TXN_SYNC">DB_TXN_SYNC</a></b><ul compact><li>Synchronously flush the log when this transaction commits or prepares.
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This means the transaction will exhibit all of the ACID (atomicity,
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consistency, isolation, and durability) properties.
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<p>This behavior is the default for Berkeley DB environments unless the
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DB_TXN_NOSYNC flag was specified to the
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<a href="../api_c/env_set_flags.html">DB_ENV->set_flags</a> method. Any value specified to this method overrides
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that setting.</p></ul>
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<b><a name="DB_TXN_WAIT">DB_TXN_WAIT</a></b><ul compact><li>If a lock is unavailable for any Berkeley DB operation performed in the context
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of this transaction, wait for the lock.
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<p>This behavior is the default for Berkeley DB environments unless the
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DB_TXN_NOWAIT flag was specified to the
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<a href="../api_c/env_set_flags.html">DB_ENV->set_flags</a> method. Any value specified to this method overrides
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that setting.</p></ul>
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<b><a name="DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC">DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC</a></b><ul compact><li>Write, but do not synchronously flush, the log when this transaction
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commits. This means the transaction will exhibit the ACI (atomicity,
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consistency, and isolation) properties, but not D (durability); that is,
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database integrity will be maintained, but if the system fails, it is
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possible some number of the most recently committed transactions may be
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undone during recovery. The number of transactions at risk is governed
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by how often the system flushes dirty buffers to disk and how often the
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log is flushed or checkpointed.
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<p>This behavior may be set for a Berkeley DB environment using the
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<a href="../api_c/env_set_flags.html">DB_ENV->set_flags</a> method. Any value specified to this method overrides
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that setting.</p></ul>
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<br></ul>
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<b>parent</b><ul compact><li>If the <b>parent</b> parameter is non-NULL, the new transaction will
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be a nested transaction, with the transaction indicated by
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<b>parent</b> as its parent. Transactions may be nested to any level.
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In the presence of distributed transactions and two-phase commit, only
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the parental transaction, that is a transaction without a <b>parent</b>
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specified, should be passed as an parameter to <a href="../api_c/txn_prepare.html">DB_TXN->prepare</a>.</ul>
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<br>
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<br><b>Errors</b>
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<p>The DB_ENV->txn_begin method
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may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:</p>
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<br>
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<b>ENOMEM</b><ul compact><li>The maximum number of concurrent transactions has been reached.</ul>
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<br><b>Class</b>
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<a href="../api_c/env_class.html">DB_ENV</a>, <a href="../api_c/txn_class.html">DB_TXN</a>
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<br><b>See Also</b>
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<a href="../api_c/txn_list.html">Transaction Subsystem and Related Methods</a>
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