1<!--$Id: gettype.so,v 1.1 2001/06/07 19:00:21 bostic Exp $--> 2<!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> 3<!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> 4<html> 5<head> 6<title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Release 3.3: DB->get_type</title> 7<meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> 8<meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> 9</head> 10<body bgcolor=white> 11<table width="100%"><tr valign=top> 12<td><b><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>Upgrading Berkeley DB Applications</dl></b></td> 13<td align=right><a href="/upgrade.3.3/rpc.html"><img src="/images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="/toc.html"><img src="/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="/upgrade.3.3/getswap.html"><img src="/images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 14</td></tr></table> 15<p align=center><b>Release 3.3: DB->get_type</b></p> 16<p>The <a href="/api_c/db_get_type.html">DB->get_type</a> method method can return an error in the Berkeley DB 3.3 17release, and so requires an interface change. C and C++ applications 18calling <a href="/api_c/db_get_type.html">DB->get_type</a> should be changed to treat the method's 19return as an error code, and to pass an additional second argument of 20type <b>DBTYPE *</b> to the method. The additional argument is used 21as a memory location in which to store the requested information.</p> 22<table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="/upgrade.3.3/rpc.html"><img src="/images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="/toc.html"><img src="/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="/upgrade.3.3/getswap.html"><img src="/images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 23</td></tr></table> 24<p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> 25</body> 26</html> 27