> pardon me if this question is a bit off the track for this mailing
> list, but I couldn't really think of a better place to ask, so here it
> goes:
> 
> If I retrieve a key/data pair from a DB-file using the get() method, I
> receive the data in a DBT structure. Since I provided the structure
> itself when calling get(), I am obviously responsible for free()ing it
> when I don't need it anymore, but who is responsible for free()ing the
> data contained in the structure?

AFAIK, data belong to the library.

> Me? The library? When does it free it
> in that case? Must I copy the data into my own memory before calling a
> libdb routine again?

Yes.

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Zdenek Salvet                                              salvet@ics.muni.cz 
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