<!--Copyright 1999,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>Replication commands</title> </head> <body> <h2> <a NAME="Replication Commands"></a>Replication Commands</h2> Replication commands are invoked from the environment handle, after it has been opened with the appropriate flags defined <a href="./env.html">here</a>.<br> <hr WIDTH="100%"> <p><b>> <env> rep_process_message <i>machid</i> <i>control</i> <i>rec</i></b> <p>This command processes a single incoming replication message. It is a direct translation of the <a href="../../docs/api_c/rep_process_message.html">rep_process_message</a> function. It returns either a 0 (for success), a DB error message or it throws a Tcl error with a system message. The arguments are: <ul> <li> <b>machid </b>is the machine ID of the machine that <i>sent</i> this message.</li> <li> <b>control</b> is a binary string containing the exact contents of the <b><i>control</i></b> argument to the <b><i>sendproc</i></b> function that was passed this message on another site.</li> <li> <b>rec</b> is a binary string containing the exact contents of the <b><i>rec</i></b> argument to the <b><i>sendproc</i></b> function that was passed this message on another site.</li> </ul> <hr WIDTH="100%"> <br><b>> <env> rep_elect <i>nsites</i> <i>pri</i> <i>wait</i> <i>sleep</i></b> <p>This command causes a replication election. It is a direct translation of the <a href="../../docs/api_c/rep_elect.html">rep_elect</a> function. Its arguments, all integers, correspond exactly to that C function's parameters. It will return a list containing two integers, which contain, respectively, the integer values returned in the C function's <i><b>midp</b></i> and <i><b>selfp</b></i> parameters. </body> </html>