---
title:  put
---

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Add or update a region entry.

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
put --key=value --value=value --region=value [--key-class=value] 
[--value-class=value] [--if-not-exists(=value)]
```

| Name                                              | Description                                                                                                | Default Value      |
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| <span class="ph">&#8209;&#8209;key</span>                          | *Required.* String or JSON text from which to create the key. For example: "`James`", "`100L`" and "`('id': 'l34s')`".   |                    |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;value</span>          | *Required.* String or JSON text from which to create the value. For example: "`James`", "`100L`" and "`('id': 'l34s')`". |                    |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;region</span> | *Required.* Region into which the entry will be put.                                                                     |                    |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;key-class</span>  | Fully qualified class name of the key's type.                                                                        | `java.lang.String` |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;value-class</span>    | Fully qualified class name of the value's type. The type may not be an internal PDX class.                               | `java.lang.String` |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;value-class</span>    | Fully qualified class name of the value's type. The type may not be an internal PDX class.                               | `java.lang.String` |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;if-not-exists</span> | Skip the put operation when an entry with the same key already exists.                                                   | false              |

**Example Commands:**

``` pre
put --key=('id':'133abg125') --value=('firstname':'James','lastname':'Gosling') 
--region=/region1 --key-class=data.ProfileKey --value-class=data.ProfileDetails

put --key=('133abg124') --value=('Hello World!!') --region=/region2

put --key=('100F') --value=('2146547689879658564') --region=/region1/region12
--key-class=java.lang.Float --value-class=java.lang.Long
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>put --key=('123abc') --value=('Hello World!!') --region=region2
Result      : true
Key Class   : java.lang.String
Key         : ('123abc')
Value Class : java.lang.String
Old Value   : <NULL>
```

**Error Messages:**

``` pre
"Region name is either empty or Null";
"Key is either empty or Null";
"Value is either empty or Null";
"Region <{0}> not found in any of the members";
"Region <{0}> Not Found";
"Key is not present in the region";
```


