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- <p>Library Version 11.2.5.3</p>
+ <p>Library Version 12.1.6.1</p>
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@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
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<td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="am_partition.html">Prev</a> </td>
- <th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 3. 
- Access Method Operations
- </th>
+ <th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 3.  Access Method Operations </th>
<td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="am_put.html">Next</a></td>
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- <p>The <a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html" class="olink">DB-&gt;get()</a> method retrieves records from the database. In general,
-<a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html" class="olink">DB-&gt;get()</a> takes a key and returns the associated data from the
-database.</p>
- <p>There are a few flags that you can set to customize retrieval:</p>
+ <p>
+ The <a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html" class="olink">DB-&gt;get()</a> method retrieves records from the database. In
+ general, <a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html" class="olink">DB-&gt;get()</a> takes a key and returns the associated data
+ from the database.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ There are a few flags that you can set to customize
+ retrieval:
+ </p>
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@@ -49,29 +52,40 @@ database.</p>
<a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html#get_DB_GET_BOTH" class="olink">DB_GET_BOTH</a>
</span>
</dt>
- <dd>Search for a matching key and data item, that is, only return success
-if both the key and the data items match those stored in the database.</dd>
+ <dd>
+ Search for a matching key and data item, that
+ is, only return success if both the key and the data
+ items match those stored in the database.
+ </dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<a href="../api_reference/C/dbcget.html#dbcget_DB_RMW" class="olink">DB_RMW</a>
</span>
</dt>
- <dd>Read-modify-write: acquire write locks instead of read locks during
-retrieval. This can enhance performance in threaded applications by
-reducing the chance of deadlock.</dd>
+ <dd>
+ Read-modify-write: acquire write locks instead
+ of read locks during retrieval. This can enhance
+ performance in threaded applications by reducing the
+ chance of deadlock.
+ </dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html#dbget_DB_SET_RECNO" class="olink">DB_SET_RECNO</a>
</span>
</dt>
- <dd>If the underlying database is a Btree, and was configured so that it
-is possible to search it by logical record number, retrieve a specific
-record.</dd>
+ <dd>
+ If the underlying database is a Btree, and was
+ configured so that it is possible to search it by
+ logical record number, retrieve a specific
+ record.
+ </dd>
</dl>
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- <p>If the database has been configured to support duplicate records,
-<a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html" class="olink">DB-&gt;get()</a> will always return the first data item in the duplicate
-set.</p>
+ <p>
+ If the database has been configured to support duplicate
+ records, <a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html" class="olink">DB-&gt;get()</a> will always return the first data item in the
+ duplicate set.
+ </p>
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