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The DB_MPOOLFILE Handle">DB_MPOOLFILE</a> handle. 51 </p> 52 <p> 53 The <code class="methodname">DB_MPOOLFILE->set_ftype()</code> method may not be called after the 54 <a class="xref" href="mempfopen.html" title="DB_MPOOLFILE->open()">DB_MPOOLFILE->open()</a> 55 method is called. If the file is already open in the cache when 56 <a class="xref" href="mempfopen.html" title="DB_MPOOLFILE->open()">DB_MPOOLFILE->open()</a> is 57 called, the information specified to <code class="methodname">DB_MPOOLFILE->set_ftype()</code> will 58 replace the existing information. 59 </p> 60 <p> 61 The <code class="methodname">DB_MPOOLFILE->set_ftype()</code> <span> 62 <span> 63 method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. 64 </span> 65 66 </span> 67 </p> 68 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 69 <div class="titlepage"> 70 <div> 71 <div> 72 <h3 class="title"><a id="id1692180"></a>Parameters</h3> 73 </div> 74 </div> 75 </div> 76 <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 77 <div class="titlepage"> 78 <div> 79 <div> 80 <h4 class="title"><a id="id1692458"></a>ftype</h4> 81 </div> 82 </div> 83 </div> 84 <p> 85 The <span class="bold"><strong>ftype</strong></span> parameter sets the file's 86 type for the purposes of input and output processing. The <span class="bold"><strong>ftype</strong></span> must be the same as a <span class="bold"><strong>ftype</strong></span> parameter previously specified to the 87 <a class="xref" href="mempregister.html" title="DB_ENV->memp_register()">DB_ENV->memp_register()</a> 88 method. 89 </p> 90 </div> 91 </div> 92 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 93 <div class="titlepage"> 94 <div> 95 <div> 96 <h3 class="title"><a id="id1692309"></a>Class</h3> 97 </div> 98 </div> 99 </div> 100 <p> 101 <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5. The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>, <a class="link" href="memp.html" title="Chapter 8. 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