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<h1>DB->set_paniccall</h1>
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DB->set_paniccall(DB *db,
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void (*paniccall)(DB_ENV *, int errval));
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<p>Errors can occur in the Berkeley DB library where the only solution is to shut
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down the application and run recovery (for example, if Berkeley DB is unable
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to allocate heap memory). In these cases, the value <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_RUNRECOVERY">DB_RUNRECOVERY</a>
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is returned by Berkeley DB.
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<p>In these cases, it is also often simpler to shut down the application
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when such errors occur rather than to try to gracefully return up the
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stack. The <a href="../api_c/env_set_paniccall.html">DB_ENV->set_paniccall</a> and DB->set_paniccall methods
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are used to specify functions to be called when
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<a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_RUNRECOVERY">DB_RUNRECOVERY</a> is about to be returned from a Berkeley DB interface.
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When called, the <b>dbenv</b> argument will be a reference to the
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current environment, and the <b>errval</b> argument is the error value
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that would have been returned to the calling function.
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<p>For <a href="../api_c/db_class.html">DB</a> handles opened inside of Berkeley DB environments, calling the
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DB->set_paniccall method affects the entire environment and is equivalent to calling
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the <a href="../api_c/env_set_paniccall.html">DB_ENV->set_paniccall</a> method.
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<p>The DB->set_paniccall interface may be called at any time during the life of
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<p>The DB->set_paniccall method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.
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