Deleting data from a server
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+.. index:: object: memcached_st
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SYNOPSIS
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.. c:function:: memcached_return_t memcached_delete (memcached_st *ptr, const char *key, size_t key_length, time_t expiration);
-.. c:function:: memcached_return_t memcached_delete_by_key (memcached_st *ptr, const char *master_key, size_t master_key_length, const char *key, size_t key_length, time_t expiration);
+.. c:function:: memcached_return_t memcached_delete_by_key (memcached_st *ptr, const char *group_key, size_t group_key_length, const char *key, size_t key_length, time_t expiration);
Compile and link with -lmemcached
find the given value.
Expiration works by placing the item into a delete queue, which means that
-it won't possible to retrieve it by the "get" command, but "add" and
-"replace" command with this key will also fail (the "set" command will
+it won't be possible to retrieve it by the "get" command. The "add" and
+"replace" commands with this key will also fail (the "set" command will
succeed, however). After the time passes, the item is finally deleted from server memory.
Please note the the Danga memcached server removed tests for expiration in
To find out more information please check:
-`https://launchpad.net/libmemcached <https://launchpad.net/libmemcached>`_
+`http://libmemcached.org/ <http://libmemcached.org/>`_
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