db del
	[-auto_commit]
	[-glob]
	[-txn txnid]
	key

Description

The db del command removes key/data pairs from the database.

In the presence of duplicate key values, all records associated with the designated key will be discarded.

The options are as follows:

-auto_commit

Enclose the 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.

-glob

The specified key is a wildcard pattern, and all keys matching that pattern are discarded from the database. The pattern is a simple wildcard, any characters after the wildcard character are ignored. This option only works on databases using the Btree access method.

-txn txnid

If the operation is to be transaction-protected (other than by specifying the -auto_commit flag), the txnid parameter is a transaction handle returned from env txn.