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_CONNECTION *conn;
        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);
}