<!--$Id: gettype.html,v 1.1.1.1 2003/02/15 04:56:04 zarzycki Exp $--> <!--Copyright 1997-2002 by Sleepycat Software, Inc.--> <!--All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Release 3.3: DB->get_type</title> <meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> <meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,b+tree,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><h3><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>Upgrading Berkeley DB Applications</dl></h3></td> <td align=right><a href="../../ref/upgrade.3.3/rpc.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../../reftoc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../../ref/upgrade.3.3/getswap.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p> <h1 align=center>Release 3.3: DB->get_type</h1> <p>The <a href="../../api_c/db_get_type.html">DB->get_type</a> method method can return an error in the Berkeley DB 3.3 release, and so requires an interface change. C and C++ applications calling <a href="../../api_c/db_get_type.html">DB->get_type</a> should be changed to treat the method's return as an error code, and to pass an additional second argument of type <b>DBTYPE *</b> to the method. The additional argument is used as a memory location in which to store the requested information. <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="../../ref/upgrade.3.3/rpc.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../../reftoc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../../ref/upgrade.3.3/getswap.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1><a href="http://www.sleepycat.com">Copyright Sleepycat Software</a></font> </body> </html>