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13<b>db_strerror</b>
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22#include &lt;db.h&gt;
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24char *
25db_strerror(int error);
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28<b>Description: db_strerror</b>
29<p>The db_strerror method returns an error message string corresponding
30to the error number <b>error</b> parameter.</p>
31<p>This function is a superset of the ANSI C X3.159-1989 (ANSI C) <b>strerror</b>(3) function.  If the error number <b>error</b> is greater than or
32equal to 0, then the string returned by the system function
33<b>strerror</b>(3) is returned.  If the error number is less than
340, an error string appropriate to the corresponding Berkeley DB library error
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38<b>Parameters</b> <br>
39 <b>error</b><ul compact><li>The <b>error</b> parameter is the error number for which an error message
40string is wanted.</ul>
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