<!--$Id: elect.so,v 1.1 2006/03/15 19:39:19 bostic Exp $--> <!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Release 4.5: DB_ENV->rep_elect</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><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>Upgrading Berkeley DB Applications</dl></b></td> <td align=right><a href="../upgrade.4.5/alive.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/rep_set.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p align=center><b>Release 4.5: DB_ENV->rep_elect</b></p> <p>Two of the historic arguments for the <a href="../../api_c/rep_elect.html">DB_ENV->rep_elect</a> method have been moved from the interface to separate methods in order to make them available within the new replication manager framework.</p> <p>The <b>priority</b> parameter should now be explicitly set using the <a href="../../api_c/rep_priority.html">DB_ENV->rep_set_priority</a> method. To upgrade existing replication applications to the Berkeley DB 4.5 <a href="../../api_c/rep_elect.html">DB_ENV->rep_elect</a> interface, it may be simplest to insert a call to <a href="../../api_c/rep_priority.html">DB_ENV->rep_set_priority</a> immediately before the existing call to <a href="../../api_c/rep_elect.html">DB_ENV->rep_elect</a>. Alternatively, it may make more sense to add a single call to <a href="../../api_c/rep_priority.html">DB_ENV->rep_set_priority</a> during database environment configuration.</p> <p>The <b>timeout</b> parameter should now be explicitly set using the <a href="../../api_c/rep_timeout.html">DB_ENV->rep_set_timeout</a> method. To upgrade existing replication applications to the Berkeley DB 4.5 <a href="../../api_c/rep_elect.html">DB_ENV->rep_elect</a> interface, it may be simplest to insert a call to <a href="../../api_c/rep_timeout.html">DB_ENV->rep_set_timeout</a> immediately before the existing call to <a href="../../api_c/rep_elect.html">DB_ENV->rep_elect</a>. Alternatively, it may make more sense to add a single call to <a href="../../api_c/rep_timeout.html">DB_ENV->rep_set_timeout</a> during database environment configuration.</p> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="../upgrade.4.5/alive.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/rep_set.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> </body> </html>