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      <pre class="programlisting">#include &lt;db.h&gt;

int
DB_STREAM-&gt;read(DB_STREAM *dbs, DBT *data, db_off_t offset, 
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        The <code class="methodname">DB_STREAM-&gt;read()</code> method reads
        <span class="bold"><strong>size</strong></span> bytes from the BLOB, starting
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                  indicates the starting position, in bytes, from the
                  beginning of the BLOB where you want the read to begin.
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                  The <span class="bold"><strong>size</strong></span> parameter
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                An invalid flag value or parameter was specified; or if the 
                DBT was configured with 
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