<!--$Id: db_count.so,v 11.4 2002/08/18 21:17:24 bostic Exp $--> <!--$Id: m4.tcl,v 11.28 2004/12/16 19:13:05 bostic Exp $--> <!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB: db count</title> <meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> <meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> </head> <body bgcolor=white> <table width="100%"><tr valign=top> <td> <b><i>db</i> <b>count</b></b> </td> <td align=right> <a href="../api_tcl/api_tcl.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a> <a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a></td> </tr></table> <hr size=1 noshade> <tt> <b><pre>db count key </pre></b> <b>Description(db count)</b> <p>The <i>db</i> <b>count</b> command returns a count of the number of duplicate data items for the key given. If the key does not exist, a value of 0 is returned. If there are no duplicates, or if the database does not support duplicates, but a key/data pair exists, a value of 1 is returned. If an error occurs, a Berkeley DB error message is returned or a Tcl error is thrown.</p> </tt> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right> <a href="../api_tcl/api_tcl.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> </body> </html>