#include <db_cxx.h>

int
DbEnv::log_get(DbLsn *lsn, Dbt *data, u_int32_t flags);

Description

The DbEnv::log_get method implements a cursor inside of the log, retrieving records from the log according to the lsn and flags arguments.

The data field of the data structure is set to the record retrieved, and the size field indicates the number of bytes in the record. See Dbt for a description of other fields in the data structure. When multiple threads are using the DbEnv handle concurrently, one of the DB_DBT_MALLOC, DB_DBT_REALLOC, or DB_DBT_USERMEM flags must be specified for any Dbt used for data retrieval.

The flags value must be set to one of the following values:

DB_CHECKPOINT

The last record written with the DB_CHECKPOINT flag specified to the DbEnv::log_put method is returned in the data argument. The lsn argument is overwritten with the DbLsn of the record returned. If no record has been previously written with the DB_CHECKPOINT flag specified, the first record in the log is returned.

If the log is empty, the DbEnv::log_get method will return DB_NOTFOUND.

DB_FIRST

The first record from any of the log files found in the log directory is returned in the data argument. The lsn argument is overwritten with the DbLsn of the record returned.

If the log is empty, the DbEnv::log_get method will return DB_NOTFOUND.

DB_LAST

The last record in the log is returned in the data argument. The lsn argument is overwritten with the DbLsn of the record returned.

If the log is empty, the DbEnv::log_get method will return DB_NOTFOUND.

DB_NEXT, DB_PREV

The current log position is advanced to the next (previous) record in the log, and that record is returned in the data argument. The lsn argument is overwritten with the DbLsn of the record returned.

If the pointer has not been initialized via DB_FIRST, DB_LAST, DB_SET, DB_NEXT, or DB_PREV, DbEnv::log_get will return the first (last) record in the log. If the last (first) log record has already been returned or the log is empty, the DbEnv::log_get method will return DB_NOTFOUND.

If the log was opened with the DB_THREAD flag set, calls to DbEnv::log_get with the DB_NEXT (DB_PREV) flag set will return EINVAL.

DB_CURRENT

Return the log record to which the log currently refers.

If the log pointer has not been initialized via DB_FIRST, DB_LAST, DB_SET, DB_NEXT, or DB_PREV, or if the log was opened with the DB_THREAD flag set, DbEnv::log_get will return EINVAL.

DB_SET

Retrieve the record specified by the lsn argument. If the specified DbLsn is invalid (for example, it does not appear in the log) DbEnv::log_get will return EINVAL.

Otherwise, the DbEnv::log_get method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure, and returns 0 on success.

Errors

The DbEnv::log_get method may fail and throw an exception or return a non-zero error for the following conditions:

EINVAL

An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

The DB_NEXT or DB_PREV flags were set and the log was opened with the DB_THREAD flag set.

The DB_CURRENT flag was set and the log pointer had not yet been initialized.

The DB_SET flag was set and the specified log sequence number does not exist.

The DbEnv::log_get method may fail and throw an exception or return a non-zero error for errors specified for other Berkeley DB and C library or system methods. If a catastrophic error has occurred, the DbEnv::log_get method may fail and either return DB_RUNRECOVERY or throw an exception encapsulating DB_RUNRECOVERY, in which case all subsequent Berkeley DB calls will fail in the same way.

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