Version 2.4.1
ex_hello.c

This is an example of how to create and open a database.

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* ex_hello.c
* This is an example demonstrating how to create and connect to a
* database.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <wiredtiger.h>
static const char *home;
int
main(void)
{
WT_SESSION *session;
int ret;
/*
* Create a clean test directory for this run of the test program if the
* environment variable isn't already set (as is done by make check).
*/
if (getenv("WIREDTIGER_HOME") == NULL) {
home = "WT_HOME";
ret = system("rm -rf WT_HOME && mkdir WT_HOME");
} else
home = NULL;
/* Open a connection to the database, creating it if necessary. */
if ((ret = wiredtiger_open(home, NULL, "create", &conn)) != 0)
fprintf(stderr, "Error connecting to %s: %s\n",
home, wiredtiger_strerror(ret));
/* Open a session for the current thread's work. */
if ((ret = conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session)) != 0)
fprintf(stderr, "Error opening a session on %s: %s\n",
home, wiredtiger_strerror(ret));
/* Do some work... */
/* Note: closing the connection implicitly closes open session(s). */
if ((ret = conn->close(conn, NULL)) != 0)
fprintf(stderr, "Error connecting to %s: %s\n",
home, wiredtiger_strerror(ret));
return (ret);
}