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authorPanu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>2007-07-16 16:48:14 +0300
committerPanu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>2007-07-16 16:48:14 +0300
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Update internal BDB to version 4.5.20
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!--$Id: rep_start.so,v 1.16 2004/08/13 03:39:02 bostic Exp $-->
-<!--Copyright 1997-2004 by Sleepycat Software, Inc.-->
+<!--$Id: rep_start.so,v 1.17 2006/03/15 19:39:22 bostic Exp $-->
+<!--Copyright 1997-2006 by Oracle Corporation-->
<!--All rights reserved.-->
<!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.-->
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@@ -28,15 +28,20 @@ DbEnv::rep_start(Dbt *cdata, u_int32_t flags);
<hr size=1 noshade>
<h3>Description: DbEnv::rep_start</h3>
<p>The DbEnv::rep_start method configures the database environment as a client
-or master in a group of replicated database environments. Replication
-master environments are the only database environments where replicated
-databases may be modified. Replication client environments are
-read-only as long as they are clients. Replication client environments
-may be upgraded to be replication master environments in the case that
-the current master fails or there is no master present.</p>
+or master in a group of replicated database environments.</p>
+<p>The DbEnv::rep_start method is not called by most replication
+applications. It should only be called by applications implementing
+their own network transport layer, explicitly holding replication group
+elections and handling replication messages outside of the replication
+manager framework.</p>
+<p>Replication master environments are the only database environments where
+replicated databases may be modified. Replication client environments
+are read-only as long as they are clients. Replication client
+environments may be upgraded to be replication master environments in
+the case that the current master fails or there is no master present.</p>
<p>The enclosing database environment must already have been opened by
calling the <a href="../api_cxx/env_open.html">DbEnv::open</a> method and must already have been configured
-to send replication messages by calling the <a href="../api_cxx/rep_transport.html">DbEnv::set_rep_transport</a> method.</p>
+to send replication messages by calling the <a href="../api_cxx/rep_transport.html">DbEnv::rep_set_transport</a> method.</p>
<p>The DbEnv::rep_start method
either returns a non-zero error value
or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on
@@ -44,11 +49,11 @@ failure, and returns 0 on success.
</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<dl compact>
-<dt><b>cdata</b><dd>The <b>cdata</b> parameter is an opaque data item that is sent over
-the communication infrastructure when the client or master comes online
-(see <a href="../ref/rep/newsite.html">Connecting to a new site</a> for
-more information). If no such information is useful, <b>cdata</b>
-should be NULL.
+<dt><b>cdata</b><dd>The <b>cdata</b> parameter is an opaque data item that is sent over the
+communication infrastructure when the client comes online (see
+<a href="../ref/rep/newsite.html">Connecting to a new site</a> for more
+information). If no such information is useful, <b>cdata</b> should
+be NULL.
<dt><b>flags</b><dd>The <b>flags</b> parameter must be set to one of the following values:
<dl compact>
<dt><a name="DB_REP_CLIENT">DB_REP_CLIENT</a><dd>Configure the environment as a replication client.
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of
the following non-zero errors:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>EINVAL<dd>If the database environment was not already configured to communicate with
-a replication group by a call to <a href="../api_cxx/rep_transport.html">DbEnv::set_rep_transport</a>;
+a replication group by a call to <a href="../api_cxx/rep_transport.html">DbEnv::rep_set_transport</a>;
the database environment was not already opened; or if an
invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
</dl>
@@ -76,6 +81,6 @@ invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
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-<p><font size=1><a href="../sleepycat/legal.html">Copyright (c) 1996-2004</a> <a href="http://www.sleepycat.com">Sleepycat Software, Inc.</a> - All rights reserved.</font>
+<p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996-2006 Oracle Corporation - All rights reserved.</font>
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