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<b>Db::cursor</b>
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#include <db_cxx.h>
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int
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Db::cursor(DbTxn *txnid, Dbc **cursorp, u_int32_t flags);
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<b>Description: Db::cursor</b>
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<p>The Db::cursor method returns a created database cursor.</p>
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<p>Cursors may span threads, but only serially, that is, the application
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must serialize access to the cursor handle.</p>
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<p>The Db::cursor method
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either returns a non-zero error value
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or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on
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failure, and returns 0 on success.
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<b>Parameters</b> <br>
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<b>cursorp</b><ul compact><li>The <b>cursorp</b> parameter references memory into which
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a pointer to the allocated cursor is copied.</ul>
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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>Configure a transactional cursor to have degree 2 isolation. This ensures
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the stability of the current data item read by this cursor but permits data
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read by this cursor to be modified or deleted prior to the commit of the
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transaction for this cursor.</ul>
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<b><a name="DB_READ_UNCOMMITTED">DB_READ_UNCOMMITTED</a></b><ul compact><li>Configure a transactional cursor to have degree 1 isolation. Read
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operations performed by the cursor may return modified but not yet
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committed data. Silently ignored if the <a href="../api_cxx/db_open.html#DB_READ_UNCOMMITTED">DB_READ_UNCOMMITTED</a>
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flag was not specified when the underlying database was opened.</ul>
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<b><a name="DB_WRITECURSOR">DB_WRITECURSOR</a></b><ul compact><li>Specify that the cursor will be used to update the database. The
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underlying database environment must have been opened using the
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<a href="../api_cxx/env_open.html#DB_INIT_CDB">DB_INIT_CDB</a> flag.</ul>
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<b><a name="DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT">DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT</a></b><ul compact><li>Configure a transactional cursor to operate with read-only
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<a href="../ref/transapp/read.html">snapshot isolation</a>. For databases
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with the <a href="../api_cxx/db_open.html#DB_MULTIVERSION">DB_MULTIVERSION</a> flag set, data values will be read as
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they are when the cursor is opened, without taking read locks. This
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flag implicitly begins a transaction that is committed when the cursor
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is closed. Silently ignored if <a href="../api_cxx/db_open.html#DB_MULTIVERSION">DB_MULTIVERSION</a> not set on the
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underlying database or if a transaction is supplied in the <b>txnid</b>
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parameter.</ul>
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<br></ul>
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<b>txnid</b><ul compact><li>Cursor operations are not automatically transaction-protected, even if
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the <a href="../api_cxx/env_set_flags.html#DB_AUTO_COMMIT">DB_AUTO_COMMIT</a> flag is specified to the
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<a href="../api_cxx/env_set_flags.html">DbEnv::set_flags</a> or <a href="../api_cxx/db_open.html">Db::open</a> methods. If cursor operations are
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to be transaction-protected, the <b>txnid</b> parameter must be a
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transaction handle returned from <a href="../api_cxx/txn_begin.html">DbEnv::txn_begin</a>; otherwise, NULL. To
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transaction-protect cursor operations, cursors must be opened and closed
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within the context of a transaction, and the <b>txnid</b> parameter
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specifies the transaction context in which the cursor may be used.</ul>
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<br><b>Errors</b>
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<p>The Db::cursor method
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may fail and throw
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<a href="../api_cxx/except_class.html">DbException</a>,
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encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of
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the following non-zero errors:</p>
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<b>DB_REP_HANDLE_DEAD</b><ul compact><li>The database handle has been invalidated because a replication election
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unrolled a committed transaction.</ul>
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<b>DB_REP_LOCKOUT</b><ul compact><li>The operation was blocked by client/master synchronization.</ul>
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<b>EINVAL</b><ul compact><li>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_cxx/dbc_class.html">Dbc</a>
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<br><b>See Also</b>
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<a href="../api_cxx/dbc_list.html">Database Cursors and Related Methods</a>
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