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import com.sleepycat.db.*;
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public void put(Dbt key, Dbt data, int flags)
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<p>The Dbc.put method stores key/data pairs into the database.
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<p>The <b>flags</b> value must be set to one of the following values:
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<p><dt><a name="Db.DB_AFTER">Db.DB_AFTER</a><dd>In the case of the Btree and Hash access methods, insert the data
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element as a duplicate element of the key to which the cursor refers.
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The new element appears immediately after the current cursor position.
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It is an error to specify Db.DB_AFTER if the underlying Btree or
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Hash database does not support duplicate data items. The <b>key</b>
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<p>In the case of the Recno access method, it is an error to specify
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Db.DB_AFTER if the underlying Recno database was not created with
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the <a href="../api_java/db_set_flags.html#DB_RENUMBER">Db.DB_RENUMBER</a> flag. If the <a href="../api_java/db_set_flags.html#DB_RENUMBER">Db.DB_RENUMBER</a> flag was
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specified, a new key is created, all records after the inserted item
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are automatically renumbered, and the key of the new record is returned
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in the structure to which the <b>key</b> argument refers. The initial
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value of the <b>key</b> parameter is ignored. See <a href="../api_java/db_open.html">Db.open</a>
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<p>The Db.DB_AFTER flag may not be specified to the Queue access method.
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<p>If the current cursor record has already been deleted and the underlying
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access method is Hash, Dbc.put will return <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_NOTFOUND">Db.DB_NOTFOUND</a>.
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If the underlying access method is Btree or Recno, the operation will
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<p>If the cursor is not yet initialized or if a duplicate sort function
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has been specified, the Dbc.put function will return EINVAL.
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<p><dt><a name="Db.DB_BEFORE">Db.DB_BEFORE</a><dd>In the case of the Btree and Hash access methods, insert the data
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element as a duplicate element of the key to which the cursor refers.
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The new element appears immediately before the current cursor position.
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It is an error to specify Db.DB_BEFORE if the underlying Btree or
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Hash database does not support duplicate data items. The <b>key</b>
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<p>In the case of the Recno access method, it is an error to specify
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Db.DB_BEFORE if the underlying Recno database was not created with
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the <a href="../api_java/db_set_flags.html#DB_RENUMBER">Db.DB_RENUMBER</a> flag. If the <a href="../api_java/db_set_flags.html#DB_RENUMBER">Db.DB_RENUMBER</a> flag was
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specified, a new key is created, the current record and all records
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after it are automatically renumbered, and the key of the new record is
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returned in the structure to which the <b>key</b> argument refers.
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The initial value of the <b>key</b> parameter is ignored. See
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<a href="../api_java/db_open.html">Db.open</a> for more information.
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<p>The Db.DB_BEFORE flag may not be specified to the Queue access method.
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<p>If the current cursor record has already been deleted and the underlying
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access method is Hash, Dbc.put will return <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_NOTFOUND">Db.DB_NOTFOUND</a>.
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If the underlying access method is Btree or Recno, the operation will
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<p>If the cursor is not yet initialized or if a duplicate sort function
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has been specified, Dbc.put will return EINVAL.
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<p><dt><a name="Db.DB_CURRENT">Db.DB_CURRENT</a><dd>Overwrite the data of the key/data pair to which the cursor refers with
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the specified data item. The <b>key</b> parameter is ignored.
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<p>If a duplicate sort function has been specified and the data item of the
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referenced key/data pair does not compare equally to the <b>data</b>
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parameter, Dbc.put will return EINVAL.
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<p>If the current cursor record has already been deleted and the underlying
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access method is Hash, Dbc.put will return <a href="../ref/program/errorret.html#DB_NOTFOUND">Db.DB_NOTFOUND</a>.
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If the underlying access method is Btree, Queue, or Recno, the operation
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<p>If the cursor is not yet initialized, Dbc.put will return EINVAL.
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<p><dt><a name="Db.DB_KEYFIRST">Db.DB_KEYFIRST</a><dd>In the case of the Btree and Hash access methods, insert the specified
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key/data pair into the database.
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<p>If the underlying database supports duplicate data items, and if the
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key already exists in the database and a duplicate sort function has
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been specified, the inserted data item is added in its sorted location.
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If the key already exists in the database and no duplicate sort function
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has been specified, the inserted data item is added as the first of the
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data items for that key.
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<p>The Db.DB_KEYFIRST flag may not be specified to the Queue or Recno
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<p><dt><a name="Db.DB_KEYLAST">Db.DB_KEYLAST</a><dd>In the case of the Btree and Hash access methods, insert the specified
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key/data pair into the database.
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<p>If the underlying database supports duplicate data items, and if the
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key already exists in the database and a duplicate sort function has
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been specified, the inserted data item is added in its sorted location.
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If the key already exists in the database, and no duplicate sort
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function has been specified, the inserted data item is added as the last
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of the data items for that key.
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<p>The Db.DB_KEYLAST flag may not be specified to the Queue or Recno
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<p><dt><a name="Db.DB_NODUPDATA">Db.DB_NODUPDATA</a><dd>In the case of the Btree and Hash access methods, insert the specified
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key/data pair into the database, unless it already exists in the database.
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If the key/data pair already appears in the database, <a href="../api_java/dbc_put.html#DB_KEYEXIST">Db.DB_KEYEXIST</a>
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is returned. The Db.DB_NODUPDATA flag may only be specified if
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the underlying database has been configured to support sorted duplicate
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<p>The Db.DB_NODUPDATA flag may not be specified to the Queue or Recno
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Otherwise, the Dbc.put method throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on
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<p>If Dbc.put fails for any reason, the state of the cursor will be
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unchanged. If Dbc.put succeeds and an item is inserted into the
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database, the cursor is always positioned to refer to the newly inserted
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<p>The Dbc.put method may fail and throw an exception encapsulating a non-zero error for the following conditions:
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<p><dt>EACCES<dd>An attempt was made to modify a read-only database.
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<p><dt>EINVAL<dd>An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
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<p>The Db.DB_BEFORE or Db.DB_AFTER flags were specified, and the
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underlying access method is Queue.
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<p>An attempt was made to add a record to a fixed-length database that was too
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<p>An attempt was made to add a record to a secondary index.
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<p><dt>EPERM <dd>Write attempted on read-only cursor when the <a href="../api_java/env_open.html#DB_INIT_CDB">Db.DB_INIT_CDB</a> flag was
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specified to <a href="../api_java/env_open.html">DbEnv.open</a>.
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<p>If the operation was selected to resolve a deadlock, the
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Dbc.put method will fail and
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throw a <a href="../api_java/deadlock_class.html">DbDeadlockException</a> exception.
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<p>The Dbc.put 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 Dbc.put 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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