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In this case the message will include a trailing 54 <newline> character. 55 </p> 56 <p> 57 Setting <span class="bold"><strong>msgfile</strong></span> to NULL unconfigures 58 the interface. 59 </p> 60 <p> 61 Alternatively, you can use the 62 63 64 <a class="xref" href="envset_msgcall.html" title="DB_ENV->set_msgcall()">DB_ENV->set_msgcall()</a> or 65 <a class="xref" href="dbset_msgcall.html" title="DB->set_msgcall()">DB->set_msgcall()</a> 66 methods to capture the additional error information in a way that does 67 not use C library FILE *'s. 68 69 </p> 70 <p> 71 For <a class="link" href="db.html" title="Chapter��2.�� The DB Handle">DB</a> handles opened 72 inside of Berkeley DB environments, calling the <code class="methodname">DB->set_msgfile()</code> 73 method affects the entire environment and is equivalent to calling the 74 <a class="xref" href="envset_msgfile.html" title="DB_ENV->set_msgfile()">DB_ENV->set_msgfile()</a> 75 method. 76 </p> 77 <p> 78 The <code class="methodname">DB->set_msgfile()</code> method configures operations performed using 79 the specified <a class="link" href="db.html" title="Chapter��2.�� The DB Handle">DB</a> handle, 80 not all operations performed on the underlying database. 81 </p> 82 <p> 83 The <code class="methodname">DB->set_msgfile()</code> method may be called at any time during the 84 life of the application. 85 </p> 86 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 87 <div class="titlepage"> 88 <div> 89 <div> 90 <h3 class="title"><a id="id1648598"></a>Parameters</h3> 91 </div> 92 </div> 93 </div> 94 <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 95 <div class="titlepage"> 96 <div> 97 <div> 98 <h4 class="title"><a id="id1648526"></a>msgfile</h4> 99 </div> 100 </div> 101 </div> 102 <p> 103 The <span class="bold"><strong>msgfile</strong></span> parameter is a C library 104 FILE * to be used for displaying messages. 105 </p> 106 </div> 107 </div> 108 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 109 <div class="titlepage"> 110 <div> 111 <div> 112 <h3 class="title"><a id="id1648599"></a>Class</h3> 113 </div> 114 </div> 115 </div> 116 <p> 117 <a class="link" href="db.html" title="Chapter��2.�� The DB Handle">DB</a> 118 </p> 119 </div> 120 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 121 <div class="titlepage"> 122 <div> 123 <div> 124 <h3 class="title"><a id="id1648731"></a>See Also</h3> 125 </div> 126 </div> 127 </div> 128 <p> 129 <a class="xref" href="db.html#dblist" title="Database and Related Methods">Database and Related Methods</a> 130 </p> 131 </div> 132 </div> 133 <div class="navfooter"> 134 <hr /> 135 <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> 136 <tr> 137 <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dbset_msgcall.html">Prev</a>��</td> 138 <td width="20%" align="center"> 139 <a accesskey="u" href="db.html">Up</a> 140 </td> 141 <td width="40%" align="right">��<a accesskey="n" href="dbset_pagesize.html">Next</a></td> 142 </tr> 143 <tr> 144 <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DB->set_msgcall()��</td> 145 <td width="20%" align="center"> 146 <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> 147 </td> 148 <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">��DB->set_pagesize()</td> 149 </tr> 150 </table> 151 </div> 152 </body> 153</html> 154