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<pre class="programlisting">#include <db.h>
int
DB_SEQUENCE->open(DB_SEQUENCE *seq, DB_TXN *txnid, DBT *key, u_int32_t flags); </pre>
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The <code class="methodname">DB_SEQUENCE->open()</code> method opens the sequence represented by the
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The <span class="bold"><strong>key</strong></span> specifies which record in the
database stores the persistent sequence data.
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The <span class="bold"><strong>flags</strong></span> parameter must be set to 0
or by bitwise inclusively <span class="bold"><strong>OR</strong></span>'ing
together one or more of the following values:
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<code class="literal">DB_CREATE</code>
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Create the sequence. If the sequence does not already exist and the
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<code class="methodname">DB_SEQUENCE->open()</code> method will fail.
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<code class="literal">DB_EXCL</code>
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Return an error if the sequence already exists. This flag is only
meaningful when specified with the <code class="literal">DB_CREATE</code> flag.
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<code class="literal">DB_THREAD</code>
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Cause the <a class="link" href="seq.html" title="Chapter 11. The DB_SEQUENCE Handle">DB_SEQUENCE</a>
handle returned by <code class="methodname">DB_SEQUENCE->open()</code> to be
<span class="emphasis"><em>free-threaded</em></span>; that is, usable by multiple
threads within a single address space. Note that if multiple threads
create multiple sequences using the same database handle that handle
must have been opened specifying this flag.
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If the operation is part of an application-specified transaction, the
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handle returned from <a class="xref" href="txnbegin.html" title="DB_ENV->txn_begin()">DB_ENV->txn_begin()</a>; if the
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otherwise NULL. If no transaction handle is specified, but the
operation occurs in a transactional database, the operation will be
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