1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> 2<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> 3<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 4 <head> 5 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> 6 <title>DB->set_errpfx()</title> 7 <link rel="stylesheet" href="apiReference.css" type="text/css" /> 8 <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /> 9 <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Berkeley DB C API Reference" /> 10 <link rel="up" href="db.html" title="Chapter 2. The DB Handle" /> 11 <link rel="prev" href="dbset_errfile.html" title="DB->set_errfile()" /> 12 <link rel="next" href="dbset_feedback.html" title="DB->set_feedback()" /> 13 </head> 14 <body> 15 <div class="navheader"> 16 <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> 17 <tr> 18 <th colspan="3" align="center">DB->set_errpfx()</th> 19 </tr> 20 <tr> 21 <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dbset_errfile.html">Prev</a> </td> 22 <th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 2. 23 The DB Handle 24 </th> 25 <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dbset_feedback.html">Next</a></td> 26 </tr> 27 </table> 28 <hr /> 29 </div> 30 <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 31 <div class="titlepage"> 32 <div> 33 <div> 34 <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="dbset_errpfx"></a>DB->set_errpfx()</h2> 35 </div> 36 </div> 37 </div> 38 <pre class="programlisting">#include <db.h> 39 40void 41DB->set_errpfx(DB *db, const char *errpfx); </pre> 42 <p> 43 Set the prefix string that appears before error messages issued by 44 Berkeley DB. 45 </p> 46 <p> 47 The <code class="methodname">DB->set_errpfx()</code> and 48 <a class="xref" href="envset_errpfx.html" title="DB_ENV->set_errpfx()">DB_ENV->set_errpfx()</a> 49 methods do not copy the memory to which the <span class="bold"><strong>errpfx</strong></span> parameter refers; rather, they maintain 50 a reference to it. Although this allows applications to modify the 51 error message prefix at any time (without repeatedly calling the 52 interfaces), it means the memory must be maintained until the handle 53 is closed. 54 </p> 55 <p> 56 For <a class="link" href="db.html" title="Chapter 2. The DB Handle">DB</a> handles opened 57 inside of Berkeley DB environments, calling the <code class="methodname">DB->set_errpfx()</code> 58 method affects the entire environment and is equivalent to calling the 59 <a class="xref" href="envset_errpfx.html" title="DB_ENV->set_errpfx()">DB_ENV->set_errpfx()</a> 60 method. 61 </p> 62 <p> 63 The <code class="methodname">DB->set_errpfx()</code> method configures operations performed using the 64 specified <a class="link" href="db.html" title="Chapter 2. The DB Handle">DB</a> handle, not 65 all operations performed on the underlying database. 66 </p> 67 <p> 68 The <code class="methodname">DB->set_errpfx()</code> method may be called at any time during the life 69 of the application. 70 </p> 71 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 72 <div class="titlepage"> 73 <div> 74 <div> 75 <h3 class="title"><a id="id1646000"></a>Parameters</h3> 76 </div> 77 </div> 78 </div> 79 <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 80 <div class="titlepage"> 81 <div> 82 <div> 83 <h4 class="title"><a id="id1645767"></a>errpfx</h4> 84 </div> 85 </div> 86 </div> 87 <p> 88 The <span class="bold"><strong>errpfx</strong></span> parameter is the 89 application-specified error prefix for additional error messages. 90 </p> 91 </div> 92 </div> 93 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 94 <div class="titlepage"> 95 <div> 96 <div> 97 <h3 class="title"><a id="id1646177"></a>Class</h3> 98 </div> 99 </div> 100 </div> 101 <p> 102 <a class="link" href="db.html" title="Chapter 2. The DB Handle">DB</a> 103 </p> 104 </div> 105 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 106 <div class="titlepage"> 107 <div> 108 <div> 109 <h3 class="title"><a id="id1645892"></a>See Also</h3> 110 </div> 111 </div> 112 </div> 113 <p> 114 <a class="xref" href="db.html#dblist" title="Database and Related Methods">Database and Related Methods</a> 115 </p> 116 </div> 117 </div> 118 <div class="navfooter"> 119 <hr /> 120 <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> 121 <tr> 122 <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dbset_errfile.html">Prev</a> </td> 123 <td width="20%" align="center"> 124 <a accesskey="u" href="db.html">Up</a> 125 </td> 126 <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dbset_feedback.html">Next</a></td> 127 </tr> 128 <tr> 129 <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DB->set_errfile() </td> 130 <td width="20%" align="center"> 131 <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> 132 </td> 133 <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DB->set_feedback()</td> 134 </tr> 135 </table> 136 </div> 137 </body> 138</html> 139