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2 Working with result sets
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6 SYNOPSIS
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9 #include <libmemcached/memcached_pool.h>
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11 .. c:type:: memcached_result_st
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13 .. c:function:: memcached_result_st * memcached_result_create (memcached_st *ptr, memcached_result_st *result);
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15 .. c:function:: void memcached_result_free (memcached_result_st *result);
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17 .. c:function:: const char * memcached_result_key_value (memcached_result_st *result);
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19 .. c:function:: size_t memcached_result_key_length (const memcached_result_st *result);
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21 .. c:function:: const char *memcached_result_value (memcached_result_st *ptr);
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23 .. c:function:: size_t memcached_result_length (const memcached_result_st *ptr);
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25 .. c:function:: uint32_t memcached_result_flags (const memcached_result_st *result)
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27 .. c:function:: uint64_t memcached_result_cas (const memcached_result_st *result);
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29 .. c:function:: memcached_return_t memcached_result_set_value (memcached_result_st *ptr, const char *value, size_t length)
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31 .. c:function:: void memcached_result_set_flags (memcached_result_st *ptr, uint32_t flags)
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33 .. c:function:: void memcached_result_set_expiration (memcached_result_st *ptr, time_t)
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35 Compile and link with -lmemcachedutil -lmemcached
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40 DESCRIPTION
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44 libmemcached(3) can optionally return a :c:type:`memcached_result_st` which
45 acts as a result object. The result objects have added benefits over the
46 character pointer returns, in that they are forward compatible with new
47 return items that future memcached servers may implement (the best current
48 example of this is the CAS return item). The structures can also be reused,
49 which will save on calls to malloc(3). It is suggested that you use result
50 objects over char \* return functions.
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52 The structure of :c:type:`memcached_result_st` has been encapsulated, you should
53 not write code to directly access members of the structure.
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55 :c:func:`memcached_result_create()` will either allocate memory for a
56 :c:type:`memcached_result_st` or will initialize a structure passed to it.
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58 :c:func:`memcached_result_free()` will deallocate any memory attached to the
59 structure. If the structure was also allocated, it will deallocate it.
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61 :c:func:`memcached_result_key_value()` returns the key value associated with the
62 current result object.
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64 :c:func:`memcached_result_key_length()` returns the key length associated with
65 the current result object.
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67 :c:func:`memcached_result_value()` returns the result value associated with the
68 current result object.
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70 :c:func:`memcached_result_length()` returns the result length associated with
71 the current result object.
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73 :c:func:`memcached_result_flags()` returns the flags associated with the
74 current result object.
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76 :c:func:`memcached_result_cas()` returns the cas associated with the
77 current result object. This value will only be available if the server
78 tests it.
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80 :c:func:`memcached_result_set_value()` takes a byte array and a size and sets
81 the result to this value. This function is used for trigger responses.
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83 :c:func:`void memcached_result_set_flags()` takes a result structure and stores
84 a new value for the flags field.
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86 :c:func:`void memcached_result_set_expiration(A)` takes a result structure and stores a new value for the expiration field (this is only used by read
87 through triggers).
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89 You may wish to avoid using memcached_result_create(3) with a
90 stack based allocation. The most common issues related to ABI safety involve
91 heap allocated structures.
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99 Varies, see particular functions. All structures must have
100 :c:func:`memcached_result_free()` called on them for cleanup purposes. Failure
101 to do this will result in leaked memory.
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109 To find out more information please check:
110 `http://libmemcached.org/ <http://libmemcached.org/>`_
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114 SEE ALSO
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117 :manpage:`memcached(1)` :manpage:`libmemcached(3)` :manpage:`memcached_strerror(3)`