public int del(DbTxn txnid, Dbt key, int flags)
throws DbException;
Description
The Db.del method removes key/data pairs from the database. The
key/data pair associated with the specified key is discarded from
the database. In the presence of duplicate key values, all records
associated with the designated key will be discarded.
If the file is being accessed under transaction protection, the
txnid parameter is a transaction ID returned from
DbEnv.txn_begin, otherwise, NULL.
The flags parameter is currently unused, and must be set to 0.
The Db.del method throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on
failure, and Db.DB_NOTFOUND if the specified key did not exist in
the file.
Errors
The Db.del method may fail and throw an exception encapsulating a non-zero error for the following conditions:
EACCES
An attempt was made to modify a read-only database.
EINVAL
An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
If the operation was selected to resolve a deadlock, the
Db.del method will fail and
throw a DbDeadlockException exception.
The Db.del method may fail and throw an exception for errors specified for other Berkeley DB and C library or system methods.
If a catastrophic error has occurred, the Db.del method may fail and throw
a DbRunRecoveryException, in which case all subsequent Berkeley DB calls
will fail in the same way.