Berkeley DB: db_create
Description: Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit.
Keywords: embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,b+tree,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,java,C,C++

# db_create |

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    #include <db.h>

    int
    db_create(DB **dbp, DB_ENV *dbenv, u_int32_t flags);

# Description

The db_create function creates a DB structure which is the handle for a Berkeley DB database. A pointer to this structure is returned in the memory referenced by db.

If the dbenv argument is NULL, the database is standalone, i.e., it is not part of any Berkeley DB environment.

If the dbenv argument is not NULL, the database is created within the specified Berkeley DB environment. The database access methods automatically make calls to the other subsystems in Berkeley DB based on the enclosing environment. For example, if the environment has been configured to use locking, then the access methods will automatically acquire the correct locks when reading and writing pages of the database.

The flags parameter must be set to 0 or one of the following values:

DB_XA_CREATE
  Instead of creating a standalone database, create a database intended to be accessed via applications running under a X/Open conformant Transaction Manager. The database will be opened in the environment specified by the OPENINFO parameter of the GROUPS section of the ubbconfig file. See the XA Resource Manager chapter in the Reference Guide for more information.

The db_create function returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

# Errors

If a fatal error occurs in Berkeley DB, the db_create function will fail and return DB_RUNRECOVERY, at which point all subsequent database calls will fail in the same way.

In addition, the db_create function may fail and return a non-zero error for errors specified for other Berkeley DB and C library or system functions.

# See Also

db_create, DB->close, DB->cursor, DB->del, DB->err, DB->fd, DB->get, DB->get_byteswapped, DB->get_type, DB->join, DB->open, DB->put, DB->remove, DB->set_bt_compare, DB->set_bt_minkey, DB->set_bt_prefix, DB->set_cachesize, DB->set_dup_compare, DB->set_errcall, DB->set_errfile, DB->set_errpfx, DB->set_flags, DB->set_h_ffactor, DB->set_h_hash, DB->set_h_nelem, DB->set_lorder, DB->set_malloc, DB->set_pagesize, DB->set_paniccall, DB->set_realloc, DB->set_re_delim, DB->set_re_len, DB->set_re_pad, DB->set_re_source, DB->stat, DB->sync and DB->upgrade.`

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