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import com.sleepycat.db.*;
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public Dbc cursor(DbTxn txnid, int flags)
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<p>The Db.cursor method
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<p>If the operation is to be transaction-protected, the <b>txnid</b>
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parameter is a transaction handle returned from <a href="../api_java/txn_begin.html">DbEnv.txn_begin</a>;
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<p>To transaction-protect cursor operations, cursors must be opened and
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closed within the context of a transaction, and the <b>txnid</b>
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parameter specifies the transaction context in which the cursor may be
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<p>The <b>flags</b> value must be set to 0 or by bitwise inclusively <b>OR</b>'ing together one or
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more of the following values:
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<p><dt><a name="Db.DB_DIRTY_READ">Db.DB_DIRTY_READ</a><dd>All read operations performed by the cursor may return modified but not
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yet committed data. Silently ignored if the <a href="../api_java/db_open.html#DB_DIRTY_READ">Db.DB_DIRTY_READ</a> flag
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was not specified when the underlying database was opened.
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<p><dt><a name="Db.DB_WRITECURSOR">Db.DB_WRITECURSOR</a><dd>Specify that the cursor will be used to update the database. The
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underlying database environment must have been opened using the
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<a href="../api_java/env_open.html#DB_INIT_CDB">Db.DB_INIT_CDB</a> flag.
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<p>The Db.cursor method throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on
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<p>The Db.cursor method may fail and throw an exception encapsulating a non-zero error for the following conditions:
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<p><dt>EINVAL<dd>An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
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<p>The Db.cursor method may fail and throw an exception for errors specified for other Berkeley DB and C library or system methods.
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If a catastrophic error has occurred, the Db.cursor method may fail and
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throw a <a href="../api_java/runrec_class.html">DbRunRecoveryException</a>,
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in which case all subsequent Berkeley DB calls will fail in the same way.
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<a href="../api_java/dbc_class.html">Dbc</a>
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<a href="../api_java/dbc_list.html">Database Cursors and Related Methods</a>
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