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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>
193 <div class="section" id="synopsis">
194 <h2>SYNOPSIS<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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196 <dt>#include &lt;libmemcached/memcached.h&gt;</dt><dd><p>Compile and link with -lmemcached</p>
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200 <dt id="_CPPv416memcached_deleteP12memcached_stPKc6size_t6time_t">
201 <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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205 <dt id="_CPPv423memcached_delete_by_keyP12memcached_stPKc6size_tPKc6size_t6time_t">
206 <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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211 <h2>DESCRIPTION<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
212 <p><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv416memcached_deleteP12memcached_stPKc6size_t6time_t" title="memcached_delete"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_delete()</span></code></a> is used to delete a particular key. <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv423memcached_delete_by_keyP12memcached_stPKc6size_tPKc6size_t6time_t" title="memcached_delete_by_key"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_delete_by_key()</span></code></a>
213 works the same, but it takes a master key to find the given value.</p>
214 <p>Expiration works by placing the item into a delete queue, which means that it
215 won't be possible to retrieve it by the &quot;get&quot; command. The &quot;add&quot; and &quot;replace&quot;
216 commands with this key will also fail (the &quot;set&quot; command will succeed, however).
217 After the time passes, the item is finally deleted from server memory.</p>
218 <p>Please note the the memcached server removed tests for expiration in the 1.4
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222 <h2>RETURN VALUE<a class="headerlink" href="#return-value" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
223 <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-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_return_t</span></code></a> is returned
224 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>.
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