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<h1 align=center>Retrieved key/data permanence for C/C++</h1>
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<p>When using the non-cursor Berkeley DB calls to retrieve key/data items under
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the C/C++ APIs (for example, <a href="../../api_c/db_get.html">DB->get</a>), the memory to which the
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flags must be specified with any non-cursor <a href="../../api_c/dbt_class.html">DBT</a> used for key or
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<p>When using the cursor Berkeley DB calls to retrieve key/data items under the
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C/C++ APIs (for example, <a href="../../api_c/dbc_get.html">DBcursor->c_get</a>), the memory to which the
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pointer stored into the <a href="../../api_c/dbt_class.html">DBT</a> refers is only valid until the next
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