### DBcursor->count

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    #include <db.h>

    int
    DBcursor->count(DBC *DBcursor, db_recno_t *countp, u_int32_t flags);

### Description: DBcursor->count

The DBcursor->count method returns a count of the number of data items for the key to which the cursor refers.

The DBcursor->count method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

### Parameters

countp
  The countp parameter references memory into which the count of the number of duplicate data items is copied.
flags
  The flags parameter is currently unused, and must be set to 0.

### Errors

The DBcursor->count method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:

DB_REP_HANDLE_DEAD
  The database handle has been invalidated because a replication election unrolled a committed transaction.
DB_REP_LOCKOUT
  The operation was blocked by client/master synchronization.

EINVAL
  If the cursor has not been initialized; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

### Class

DBC

### See Also

Database Cursors and Related Methods`

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