1<!--$Id: alive.so,v 1.2 2006/03/15 19:39:19 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 4.5: DB->set_isalive</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.4.5/deprecate.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../upgrade.4.5/elect.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 14</td></tr></table> 15<p align=center><b>Release 4.5: DB->set_isalive</b></p> 16<p>In previous releases, the function specified to the 17<a href="../../api_c/env_set_isalive.html">DB_ENV->set_isalive</a> method did not take a flags parameter. In the Berkeley DB 184.5 release, an additional flags argument has been added: 19<a href="../../api_c/env_set_isalive.html#DB_MUTEX_PROCESS_ONLY">DB_MUTEX_PROCESS_ONLY</a>.</p> 20<p>Applications configuring an is-alive function should add a flags 21argument to the function, and change the function to ignore any thread 22ID and return the status of just the process, when the 23<a href="../../api_c/env_set_isalive.html#DB_MUTEX_PROCESS_ONLY">DB_MUTEX_PROCESS_ONLY</a> flag is specified.</p> 24<table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="../upgrade.4.5/deprecate.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../upgrade.4.5/elect.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 25</td></tr></table> 26<p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> 27</body> 28</html> 29
