ex_thread.c

Shows how to access a database with multiple threads.

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 * ex_thread.c
 *      This is an example demonstrating how to create and access a simple
 *      table from multiple threads.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <pthread.h>

#include <wiredtiger.h>

void *scan_thread(void *arg);

const char *home = "WT_TEST";
#define NUM_THREADS     10

WT_CONNECTION *conn;

void *
scan_thread(void *arg)
{
        WT_SESSION *session;
        WT_CURSOR *cursor;
        const char *key, *value;
        int ret;

        ret = conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session);
        ret = session->open_cursor(session, "table:access",
            NULL, NULL, &cursor);

        /* Show all records. */
        while ((ret = cursor->next(cursor)) == 0) {
                ret = cursor->get_key(cursor, &key);
                ret = cursor->get_value(cursor, &value);

                printf("Got record: %s : %s\n", key, value);
        }

        return (arg);
}
int
main(void)
{
        WT_SESSION *session;
        WT_CURSOR *cursor;
        pthread_t threads[NUM_THREADS];
        int i, ret;

        if ((ret = wiredtiger_open(home, NULL,
            "create", &conn)) != 0)
                fprintf(stderr, "Error connecting to %s: %s\n",
                    home, wiredtiger_strerror(ret));
        /* Note: further error checking omitted for clarity. */

        ret = conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session);
        ret = session->create(session, "table:access",
            "key_format=S,value_format=S");
        ret = session->open_cursor(session, "table:access", NULL,
            "overwrite", &cursor);
        cursor->set_key(cursor, "key1");
        cursor->set_value(cursor, "value1");
        ret = cursor->insert(cursor);
        ret = session->close(session, NULL);

        for (i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++)
                ret = pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, scan_thread, NULL);

        for (i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++)
                ret = pthread_join(threads[i], NULL);

        ret = conn->close(conn, NULL);

        return (ret);
}