1<!--$Id: seq_initial_value.so,v 1.6 2004/11/29 15:30:23 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: DbSequence::initial_value</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> 13<b>DbSequence::initial_value</b> 14</td> 15<td align=right> 16<a href="../api_cxx/api_core.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a> 17<a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a></td> 18</tr></table> 19<hr size=1 noshade> 20<tt> 21<b><pre> 22#include <db_cxx.h> 23<p> 24int 25DbSequence::initial_value(db_seq_t value); 26</pre></b> 27<hr size=1 noshade> 28<b>Description: DbSequence::initial_value</b> 29<p>Set the initial value for a sequence. This call is only effective when 30the sequence is being created.</p> 31<p>The DbSequence::initial_value method may not be called after the 32<a href="../api_cxx/seq_open.html">DbSequence::open</a> method is called.</p> 33<p>The DbSequence::initial_value method 34either returns a non-zero error value 35or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on 36failure, and returns 0 on success. 37</p> 38<b>Parameters</b> <br> 39 <b>value</b><ul compact><li>The initial value to set.</ul> 40<br> 41<br><b>Errors</b> 42<p>The DbSequence::initial_value method 43may fail and throw 44<a href="../api_cxx/except_class.html">DbException</a>, 45encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of 46the following non-zero errors:</p> 47<br> 48<b>EINVAL</b><ul compact><li>An 49invalid flag value or parameter was specified.</ul> 50<br> 51<hr size=1 noshade> 52<br><b>Class</b> 53<a href="../api_cxx/seq_class.html">DbSequence</a> 54<br><b>See Also</b> 55<a href="../api_cxx/seq_list.html">Sequences and Related Methods</a> 56</tt> 57<table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right> 58<a href="../api_cxx/api_core.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> 59</td></tr></table> 60<p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> 61</body> 62</html> 63