NAME

       rulexdb_remove_item - remove specified item from the rulex dictionary

SYNOPSIS

       #include <rulexdb.h>

       int rulexdb_remove_item(RULEXDB *rulexdb, const char *key, int item_type);

DESCRIPTION

       The  rulexdb_remove_item()  function  removes  lexical item for specified key from the dictionary dataset
       defined by item_type argument that may accept one of the following values:

       RULEXDB_LEXBASE
              Remove item from the Implicit dictionary.

       RULEXDB_EXCEPTION
              Remove item from the Explicit dictionary.

       Note that the data type must be specified explicitly. The value RULEXDB_DEFAULT is not allowed here.

       The argument rulexdb references the database to deal with.

RETURN VALUE

       The rulexdb_remove_item() function  returns  RULEXDB_SUCCESS  which  is  zero  when  specified  item  was
       successfully removed, positive value RULEXDB_SPECIAL when no record exists for specified key, or negative
       error code in the case of other failure.

ERRORS

       RULEXDB_FAILURE
              Referenced  database  has  not  been  opened, internal data structures are corrupted or some other
              general failure has occurred.

       RULEXDB_EINVKEY
              Invalid key specified.

       RULEXDB_EPARM
              The argument rulexdb or item_type has an invalid value.

       RULEXDB_EACCESS
              The database is not opened for updating.

SEE ALSO

       rulexdb_classify(3),    rulexdb_close(3),     rulexdb_dataset_name(3),     rulexdb_discard_dictionary(3),
       rulexdb_discard_ruleset(3),     rulexdb_fetch_rule(3),    rulexdb_lexbase(3),    rulexdb_load_ruleset(3),
       rulexdb_open(3),    rulexdb_remove_rule(3),    rulexdb_remove_this_item(3),     rulexdb_retrieve_item(3),
       rulexdb_search(3), rulexdb_seq(3), rulexdb_subscribe_item(3), rulexdb_subscribe_rule(3)

AUTHOR

       Igor B. Poretsky <poretsky@mlbox.ru>.

                                                February 20, 2012                         RULEXDB_REMOVE_ITEM(3)