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DB_ENV->dbremove()
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## DB_ENV->dbremove()

    #include <db.h>

    int
    DB_ENV->dbremove(DB_ENV *dbenv, DB_TXN *txnid,
        const char *file, const char *database, u_int32_t flags);

The `DB_ENV->dbremove()` method removes the database specified by the file and database parameters. If no database is specified, the underlying file represented by file is removed, incidentally removing all of the databases it contained.

Applications should never remove databases with open DB handles, or in the case of removing a file, when any database in the file has an open handle.

The `DB_ENV->dbremove()` method is not atomic in a sliced environment. If the operation fails, it is possible for some, but not all, of the sliced databases to still exist.

The `DB_ENV->dbremove()` method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

`DB_ENV->dbremove()` is affected by any database directory specified using the DB_ENV->add_data_dir() method, or by setting the `add_data_dir` string in the environment's DB_CONFIG file.

### Parameters

#### txnid

If the operation is part of an application-specified transaction, the txnid parameter is a transaction handle returned from DB_ENV->txn_begin(); if the operation is part of a Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store group, the txnid parameter is a handle returned from DB_ENV->cdsgroup_begin(); otherwise NULL. If no transaction handle is specified, but the `DB_AUTO_COMMIT` flag is specified to either this method or the environment handle, the operation will be implicitly transaction protected.

#### file

The file parameter is the physical file which contains the database(s) to be removed.

#### database

The database parameter is the database to be removed.

#### flags

The flags parameter must be set to 0 or the following value:

- `DB_AUTO_COMMIT`

  Enclose the `DB_ENV->dbremove()` call within a transaction. If the call succeeds, changes made by the operation will be recoverable. If the call fails, the operation will have made no changes.

### Environment Variables

The environment variable `DB_HOME` may be used as the path of the database environment home.

### Errors

The `DB_ENV->dbremove()` method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:

#### DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK

A transactional database environment operation was selected to resolve a deadlock.

#### DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED

A Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store database environment configured for lock timeouts was unable to grant a lock in the allowed time.

You attempted to open a database handle that is configured for no waiting exclusive locking, but the exclusive lock could not be immediately obtained. See DB->set_lk_exclusive() for more information.

#### EINVAL

If the method was called before DB_ENV->open() was called; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

#### ENOENT

The file or directory does not exist.

#### DB_META_CHKSUM_FAIL

Checksum mismatch detected on a database metadata page. Either the database is corrupted or the file is not a Berkeley DB database file.

### Class

DB_ENV

### See Also

Database Environments and Related Methods

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