Delete Method (DatabaseEntry)

BerkeleyDB

Remove key/data pairs from the database. The key/data pair associated with key is discarded from the database. In the presence of duplicate key values, all records associated with the designated key will be discarded.

Namespace:  BerkeleyDB
Assembly:  libdb_dotnet48 (in libdb_dotnet48.dll) Version: 4.8.24.0

Syntax

C#
public void Delete(
	DatabaseEntry key
)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Sub Delete ( _
	key As DatabaseEntry _
)
Visual C++
public:
void Delete(
	DatabaseEntry^ key
)

Parameters

key
Type: BerkeleyDB..::.DatabaseEntry
Discard the key/data pair associated with key.

Remarks

When called on a secondary database, remove the key/data pair from the primary database and all secondary indices.

If the operation occurs in a transactional database, the operation will be implicitly transaction protected.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
BerkeleyDB..::.NotFoundException A NotFoundException is thrown if key is not in the database.
BerkeleyDB..::.KeyEmptyException A KeyEmptyException is thrown if the database is a QueueDatabase or RecnoDatabase database and key exists, but was never explicitly created by the application or was later deleted.

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