<!--$Id: dbc_del.so,v 11.10 1999/12/20 08:52:35 bostic Exp $--> <!--$Id: m4.tcl,v 11.17 2000/04/24 17:31:11 sue Exp $--> <!--Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 by Sleepycat Software, Inc.--> <!--All rights reserved.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB: db del</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> <a name="2"><!--meow--></a> <table><tr valign=top> <td> <h1><i>dbc</i> <b>del</b></h1> </td> <td width="1%"> <a href="../api_tcl/tcl_index.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <hr size=1 noshade> <tt> <h3><pre>dbc del </pre></h3> <h1>Description</h1> <p>The <i>dbc</i> <b>del</b> command deletes the key/data pair currently referenced by the cursor. <p>The cursor position is unchanged after a delete, and subsequent calls to cursor commands expecting the cursor to reference an existing key will fail. <p>The <i>dbc</i> <b>del</b> command returns 0 on success, and in the case of error, a Tcl error is thrown. </tt> <table><tr><td><br></td><td width="1%"> <a href="../api_tcl/tcl_index.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1><a href="http://www.sleepycat.com">Copyright Sleepycat Software</a></font> </body> </html>