ex_config.c

Shows how to configure some properties of the database and tables.

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 * ex_config.c
 *      This is an example demonstrating how to configure various database and
 *      table properties.
 */

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

#include <wiredtiger.h>

const char *home = NULL;

int main(void)
{
        int ret;
        WT_CONNECTION *conn;
        WT_SESSION *session;
        WT_CURSOR *cursor;
        const char *key, *value;

        if ((ret = wiredtiger_open(home, NULL,
            "create,cache_size=500M", &conn)) != 0)
                fprintf(stderr, "Error connecting to %s: %s\n",
                    home, wiredtiger_strerror(ret));
        ret = conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session);

        ret = session->create(session,
            "table:access", "key_format=S,value_format=S");
        ret = session->begin_transaction(session, "priority=100,name=mytxn");

        ret = session->open_cursor(session, "config:", NULL, NULL, &cursor);

        while ((ret = cursor->next(cursor)) == 0) {
                cursor->get_key(cursor, &key);
                cursor->get_value(cursor, &value);
                printf("configuration value: %s = %s\n", key, value);
        }

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

        return (ret);
}