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<pre class="programlisting">#include <db.h>
int
DB_STREAM->read(DB_STREAM *dbs, DBT *data, db_off_t offset,
u_int32_t size, u_int32_t flags); </pre>
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The <code class="methodname">DB_STREAM->read()</code> method reads
<span class="bold"><strong>size</strong></span> bytes from the external file,
starting at <span class="bold"><strong>offset</strong></span>, into the
DBT <span class="bold"><strong>data</strong></span>.
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The stream is created using <a class="xref" href="dbstream.html" title="DBC->db_stream()">
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Unless otherwise specified, the
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The <span class="bold"><strong>data</strong></span> parameter is
the <a class="link" href="dbt.html" title="Chapter 4. The DBT Handle">DBT</a> into which you
want to place the data read using this method.
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Note that the data DBT must be set with one of the
following flags, or this method will return an error:
<a class="link" href="dbt.html#dbt_DB_DBT_MALLOC">DB_DBT_MALLOC</a>,
<a class="link" href="dbt.html#dbt_DB_DBT_REALLOC">DB_DBT_REALLOC</a>,
<a class="link" href="dbt.html#dbt_DB_DBT_USERMEM">DB_DBT_USERMEM</a>, or
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The <span class="bold"><strong>offset</strong></span> parameter
indicates the starting position, in bytes, from the
beginning of the external file where you want the read to
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The <span class="bold"><strong>size</strong></span> parameter
indicates the number of bytes to read.
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The <span class="bold"><strong>flags</strong></span> parameter must be set to 0.
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The <code class="methodname">DB_STREAM->read()</code> <span>
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The DBT provided to this method was not configured
appropriately, and so there is not enough space allocated
for the bytes you are trying to read.
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An invalid flag value or parameter was specified; or if the
DBT was configured with
<a class="link" href="dbt.html#dbt_DB_DBT_PARTIAL">DB_DBT_PARTIAL</a>.
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