mdbm_fetch

NAME

mdbm_fetch - Fetch a value from a mdbm database

SYNOPSIS

string mdbm_fetch(int handle, string key)

DESCRIPTION

Returns the value corresponding to the given key in a mdbm database that has previously been opened by a call to the mdbm_open() kfun. The "handle" returned by that kfun is used as an argument to this kfun.

Zero is returned to indicate failure.

SEE ALSO

mdbm_open, mdbm_close, mdbm_store, mdbm_exists, mdbm_delete, mdbm_firstkey, mdbm_nextkey, mdbm_reorganize

HTMLised 1998 Greg Lewis (glewis@maths.adelaide.edu.au)