DbTxn::discard()
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## DbTxn::discard()

    #include <db_cxx.h>

    int
    DbTxn::discard(u_int32_t flags);

The `DbTxn::discard()` method frees up all the per-process resources associated with the specified DbTxn handle, neither committing nor aborting the transaction. This call may be used only after calls to DbEnv::txn_recover() when there are multiple global transaction managers recovering transactions in a single Berkeley DB environment. Any transactions returned by DbEnv::txn_recover() that are not handled by the current global transaction manager should be discarded using `DbTxn::discard()`.

All open cursors in the transaction are closed and the first cursor close error, if any, is returned.

The `DbTxn::discard()` method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure, and returns 0 on success. The errors values that this method returns include the error values of `Dbc::close()` and the following:

#### DbDeadlockException or DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK

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

DbDeadlockException is thrown if your Berkeley DB API is configured to throw exceptions. Otherwise, `DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK` is returned.

#### DbLockNotGrantedException or 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.

DbLockNotGrantedException is thrown if your Berkeley DB API is configured to throw exceptions. Otherwise, `DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED` is returned.

#### EINVAL

If the cursor is already closed; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

After `DbTxn::discard()` has been called, regardless of its return, the DbTxn handle may not be accessed again.

### Parameters

#### flags

The flags parameter is currently unused, and must be set to 0.

### Errors

The `DbTxn::discard()` method may fail and throw a DbException exception, encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of the following non-zero errors:

#### EINVAL

If the transaction handle does not refer to a transaction that was recovered into a prepared but not yet completed state; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

### Class

DbEnv, DbTxn

### See Also

Transaction Subsystem and Related Methods

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