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192 <h1>Deleting data from a server<a class="headerlink" href="#deleting-data-from-a-server" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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194 <span id="index-0"></span><h2>SYNOPSIS<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
195 <p>#include &lt;libmemcached/memcached.h&gt;</p>
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197 <dt id="_CPPv416memcached_deleteP12memcached_stPKc6size_t6time_t">
198 <span id="_CPPv316memcached_deleteP12memcached_stPKc6size_t6time_t"></span><span id="_CPPv216memcached_deleteP12memcached_stPKc6size_t6time_t"></span><span id="memcached_delete__memcached_stP.cCP.s.time_t"></span><a class="reference internal" href="memcached_return_t.html#_CPPv418memcached_return_t" title="memcached_return_t">memcached_return_t</a> <code class="sig-name descname">memcached_delete</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="memcached_create.html#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> *<em>ptr</em>, <em class="property">const</em> char *<em>key</em>, size_t <em>key_length</em>, time_t <em>expiration</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#_CPPv416memcached_deleteP12memcached_stPKc6size_t6time_t" title="Permalink to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
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202 <dt id="_CPPv423memcached_delete_by_keyP12memcached_stPKc6size_tPKc6size_t6time_t">
203 <span id="_CPPv323memcached_delete_by_keyP12memcached_stPKc6size_tPKc6size_t6time_t"></span><span id="_CPPv223memcached_delete_by_keyP12memcached_stPKc6size_tPKc6size_t6time_t"></span><span id="memcached_delete_by_key__memcached_stP.cCP.s.cCP.s.time_t"></span><a class="reference internal" href="memcached_return_t.html#_CPPv418memcached_return_t" title="memcached_return_t">memcached_return_t</a> <code class="sig-name descname">memcached_delete_by_key</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="memcached_create.html#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> *<em>ptr</em>, <em class="property">const</em> char *<em>group_key</em>, size_t <em>group_key_length</em>, <em class="property">const</em> char *<em>key</em>, size_t <em>key_length</em>, time_t <em>expiration</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#_CPPv423memcached_delete_by_keyP12memcached_stPKc6size_tPKc6size_t6time_t" title="Permalink to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
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209 <h2>DESCRIPTION<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
210 <p><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv416memcached_deleteP12memcached_stPKc6size_t6time_t" title="memcached_delete"><code class="xref cpp cpp-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_delete()</span></code></a> is used to delete a particular key.
211 <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv423memcached_delete_by_keyP12memcached_stPKc6size_tPKc6size_t6time_t" title="memcached_delete_by_key"><code class="xref cpp cpp-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_delete_by_key()</span></code></a> works the same, but it takes a master key
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213 <p>Expiration works by placing the item into a delete queue, which means that
214 it won’t be possible to retrieve it by the “get” command. The “add” and
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216 succeed, however). After the time passes, the item is finally deleted from server memory.</p>
217 <p>Please note the the memcached server removed tests for expiration in
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221 <h2>RETURN<a class="headerlink" href="#return" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
222 <p>A value of type <a class="reference internal" href="memcached_return_t.html#_CPPv418memcached_return_t" title="memcached_return_t"><code class="xref cpp cpp-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_return_t</span></code></a> is returned
223 On success that value will be <a class="reference internal" href="memcached_return_t.html#_CPPv4N18memcached_return_t17MEMCACHED_SUCCESSE" title="MEMCACHED_SUCCESS"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MEMCACHED_SUCCESS</span></code></a>.
224 Use <a class="reference internal" href="memcached_strerror.html#_CPPv418memcached_strerrorP12memcached_st18memcached_return_t" title="memcached_strerror"><code class="xref cpp cpp-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_strerror()</span></code></a> to translate this value to a printable
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226 <p>If you are using the non-blocking mode of the library, success only
227 means that the message was queued for delivery.</p>
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