# Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Release 4.6: C API cursor handle method names
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Berkeley DB Reference Guide:
  Upgrading Berkeley DB Applications

### Release 4.6: C API cursor handle method names

In the Berkeley DB 4.6 release, the C API DBC handle methods have been renamed for consistency with the C++ and Java APIs. The change is the removal of the leading "c_" from the names, as follows:

DBC->c_close
  Renamed DBC->close
DBC->c_count
  Renamed DBC->count
DBC->c_del
  Renamed DBC->del
DBC->c_dup
  Renamed DBC->dup
DBC->c_get
  Renamed DBC->get
DBC->c_pget
  Renamed DBC->pget
DBC->c_put
  Renamed DBC->put

The old DBC method names are deprecated but will continue for work for some number of future releases.

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