Version 12.0.0
Schema, Columns, Column Groups, Indices and Projections

While many tables have simple key/value pairs for records, WiredTiger also supports more complex data patterns.

Tables, rows and columns

A table is a logical representation of data consisting of cells in rows and columns. For example, a database might have a simple table including an employee identifier, last name and first name, and a salary:

Employee IDLast NameFirst NameSalary
1SmithJoe40000
2JonesMary50000
3JohnsonCathy44000

A row-oriented database would store all of the values for the first employee in the first row, then the next employee's values in the next row, and so on:

      1,Smith,Joe,40000
      2,Jones,Mary,50000
      3,Johnson,Cathy,44000

A column-oriented database would store all of the values of a column together, then the values of the next column, and so on:

      1,2,3
      Smith,Jones,Johnson
      Joe,Mary,Cathy
      40000,50000,44000

WiredTiger supports both storage formats, and can mix and match the storage of columns within a logical table.

A table in WiredTiger consist of one or more "column groups" that together hold all of the columns in primary key order; and zero or more indices that enable fast lookup of records by columns in orders other than the primary key.

Applications describe the format of their data by supplying a schema to WT_SESSION::create. This specifies how the application's data can be split into fields and mapped onto rows and columns.

Column types

By default, WiredTiger works as a traditional key/value store, where the keys and values are raw byte arrays accessed using a WT_ITEM structure. Key and value types may also be chosen from a list, or composed of multiple columns with any combination of types. Keys and values may be up to (4GB - 512B) bytes in size.

See Key/Value pairs for more details on raw key / value items.

Format types

WiredTiger's uses format strings similar to those specified in the Python struct module to describe the types of columns in a table: http://docs.python.org/library/struct

FormatC TypePython typeNotes
x N/AN/Apad byte, no associated value
b int8_t int signed byte
B uint8_t int unsigned byte
h int16_t int signed 16-bit
H uint16_t int unsigned 16-bit
i int32_t int signed 32-bit
I uint32_t int unsigned 32-bit
l int32_t int signed 32-bit
L uint32_t int unsigned 32-bit
q int64_t int signed 64-bit
Q uint64_t int unsigned 64-bit
r uint64_t int record number
s char[]str fixed-length string
S char[]str NUL-terminated string
t uint8_t int fixed-length bit field
u WT_ITEM *bytes raw byte array

The 'r' type is used for record number keys in column stores. It is otherwise identical to the 'Q' type.

The 's' type is used for fixed-length strings. If it is preceded by a size, that indicates the number of bytes to store; the default is a length of 1 byte.

The 'S' type is encoded as a C language string terminated by a NUL character. When preceded by a size, that indicates the maximum number of bytes the string can store. In a string with characters less than the specified size, the remaining bytes are NUL padded. If the supplied string is longer than the specified size, it will be stored without a trailing NUL.

The 't' type is used for fixed-length bit field values. If it is preceded by a size, that indicates the number of bits to store, between 1 and 8. That number of low-order bits will be stored in the table. The default is a size of 1 bit: that is, a boolean. C applications must always use a uint8_t type (or equivalently, unsigned char) for calls to WT_CURSOR::set_value, and a pointer to the same for calls to WT_CURSOR::get_value.

If a bit field value is combined with other types in a packing format, it is equivalent to 'B', and a full byte is used to store it. However, when standing alone in a table or column group, and referenced by a record number (that is, a key format of 'r'), the 't' type will be stored in a fixed-length column store. This is an optimized on-disk format for efficient storage of small items. (See File formats for further information.) It has an important operational restriction: there is no separate out-of-band value to indicate that deleted records do not exist. Instead, deleted values read back as zero. This means removing a record with WT_CURSOR::remove is equivalent to storing a value of 0 in the record with WT_CURSOR::update. Additionally, creating a record past the end of an object implicitly also creates any missing intermediate records, all with values of 0.

The 'u' type is for raw byte arrays: if it appears at the end of a format string (including in the default "u" format for untyped tables), the size is not stored explicitly. When 'u' appears within a format string, the size is stored as a 32-bit integer in the same byte order as the rest of the format string, followed by the data.

There is a default collator that gives lexicographic (byte-wise) comparisons, and the default encoding is designed so that lexicographic ordering of encoded keys is usually the expected ordering. For example, the variable-length encoding of integers is designed so that they have the natural integer ordering under the default collator.

See Packing and Unpacking Data for details of WiredTiger's packing format.

WiredTiger can also be extended with custom collators by implementing the WT_COLLATOR interface.

Key and value formats

Every table has a key format and a value format as describe in Column types. These types are configured when the table is created by passing key_format and value_format keys to WT_SESSION::create.

For example, a simple row-store table with strings as both keys and values would be created as follows:

error_check(session->create(session, "table:mytable", "key_format=S,value_format=S"));

A simple column-store table with strings for values would be created as follows:

error_check(session->create(session, "table:mytable", "key_format=r,value_format=S"));

Cursor formats

Cursors for a table have the same key format as the table itself. The key columns of a cursor are set with WT_CURSOR::set_key and accessed with WT_CURSOR::get_key. WT_CURSOR::set_key is analogous to printf, and takes a list of value in the order the key columns are configured in key_format.

For example, setting the key for a row-store table with strings as keys would be done as follows:

/* Set the cursor's string key. */
const char *key = "another key";
cursor->set_key(cursor, key);

For example, setting the key for a column-store table would be done as follows:

uint64_t recno = 37; /* Set the cursor's record number key. */
cursor->set_key(cursor, recno);

A more complex example, setting a composite key for a row-store table where the key_format was "SiH", would be done as follows:

/* Set the cursor's "SiH" format composite key. */
cursor->set_key(cursor, "first", (int32_t)5, (uint16_t)7);

The key's values are accessed with WT_CURSOR::get_key, which is analogous to scanf, and takes a list of pointers to values in the same order:

const char *key; /* Get the cursor's string key. */
error_check(cursor->get_key(cursor, &key));
uint64_t recno; /* Get the cursor's record number key. */
error_check(cursor->get_key(cursor, &recno));
/* Get the cursor's "SiH" format composite key. */
const char *first;
int32_t second;
uint16_t third;
error_check(cursor->get_key(cursor, &first, &second, &third));

Cursors for a table have the same value format as the table.

WT_CURSOR::set_value is used to set value columns, and WT_CURSOR::get_value is used to get value columns, in the same way as described for WT_CURSOR::set_key and WT_CURSOR::get_key.

Columns

The columns in a table can be assigned names by passing a columns key to WT_SESSION::create. The column names are assigned first to the columns in the key_format, and then to the columns in value_format. There must be a name for every column, and no column names may be repeated.

For example, a column-store table with an employee ID as the key and three columns (department, salary and first year of employment), might be created as follows:

/*
* Create a table with columns: keys are record numbers, values are (string, signed 32-bit
* integer, unsigned 16-bit integer).
*/
error_check(session->create(session, "table:mytable",
"key_format=r,value_format=SiH,columns=(id,department,salary,year-started)"));

In this example, the key's column name is id, and the value's column names are department, salary, and year-started (where id maps to the column format r, department maps to the column value format S, salary maps to the value format i and year-started maps to the value format H).

Once the table is created, there is no need to call WT_SESSION::create during subsequent runs of the application. However, it's worthwhile making the call anyway as it both verifies the table exists and the table schema matches the schema expected by the application.

Column groups

Once column names are assigned, they can be used to configure column groups. Column groups are primarily used to define storage in order to tune cache behavior, as each column group is stored in a separate file.

There are two steps involved in setting up column groups: first, pass a list of names for the column groups in the colgroups configuration key to WT_SESSION::create. Then make a call to WT_SESSION::create for each column group, using the URI colgroup:<table>:<colgroup name> and a columns key in the configuration. Every column must appear in at least one column group; columns can be listed in multiple column groups, causing the column to be stored in multiple files.

For example, consider the following data being stored in a WiredTiger table:

/* The C struct for the data we are storing in a WiredTiger table. */
typedef struct {
char country[5];
uint16_t year;
uint64_t population;
} POP_RECORD;
static POP_RECORD pop_data[] = {{"AU", 1900, 4000000}, {"AU", 1950, 8267337},
{"AU", 2000, 19053186}, {"CAN", 1900, 5500000}, {"CAN", 1950, 14011422}, {"CAN", 2000, 31099561},
{"UK", 1900, 369000000}, {"UK", 1950, 50127000}, {"UK", 2000, 59522468}, {"USA", 1900, 76212168},
{"USA", 1950, 150697361}, {"USA", 2000, 301279593}, {"", 0, 0}};

If we primarily wanted to access the population information by itself, but still wanted population information included when accessing other information, we might store all of the columns in one file, and store an additional copy of the population column in another file:

/*
* Create the population table. Keys are record numbers, the format for values is (5-byte
* string, uint16_t, uint64_t). See ::wiredtiger_struct_pack for details of the format strings.
*/
error_check(session->create(session, "table:poptable",
"key_format=r,value_format=5sHQ,columns=(id,country,year,population),colgroups=(main,"
"population)"));
/*
* Create two column groups: a primary column group with the country code, year and population
* (named "main"), and a population column group with the population by itself (named
* "population").
*/
error_check(
session->create(session, "colgroup:poptable:main", "columns=(country,year,population)"));
error_check(session->create(session, "colgroup:poptable:population", "columns=(population)"));

Column groups always have the same key as the table. This is particularly useful for column stores, because record numbers are not stored explicitly on disk, so there is no repetition of keys across multiple files. Keys will be replicated in multiple files in the case of row-store column groups.

A cursor can be opened on a column group by passing the column group's URI to the WT_SESSION::open_cursor method. For example, the population can be retrieved from both of the column groups we created:

/*
* Open a cursor on the main column group, and return the information for a particular country.
*/
error_check(session->open_cursor(session, "colgroup:poptable:main", NULL, NULL, &cursor));
cursor->set_key(cursor, 2);
error_check(cursor->search(cursor));
error_check(cursor->get_value(cursor, &country, &year, &population));
printf(
"ID 2: country %s, year %" PRIu16 ", population %" PRIu64 "\n", country, year, population);
/*
* Open a cursor on the population column group, and return the population of a particular
* country.
*/
error_check(session->open_cursor(session, "colgroup:poptable:population", NULL, NULL, &cursor));
cursor->set_key(cursor, 2);
error_check(cursor->search(cursor));
error_check(cursor->get_value(cursor, &population));
printf("ID 2: population %" PRIu64 "\n", population);

Key columns may not be included in the list of columns for a column group. Because column groups always have the same key as the table, key columns for column groups are retrieved using WT_CURSOR::get_key, not WT_CURSOR::get_value.

Another example of using column groups is in ex_col_store.c:

typedef struct {
uint16_t hour;
uint16_t pressure;
uint16_t loc_lat;
uint16_t loc_long;
uint8_t temp;
uint8_t humidity;
uint8_t wind;
uint8_t feels_like_temp;
char day[5];
char country[5];
} WEATHER;
/* Create a table with columns and colgroups. */
error_check(session->create(session, TABLE_NAME,
"key_format=r,value_format=" WT_UNCHECKED_STRING(
HHHHBBBB5S5S) ",columns=(id,hour,pressure,loc_lat,"
"loc_long,temp,humidity,"
"wind,feels_like_temp,day,country),colgroups=(day_time,temperature,"
"humidity_pressure,"
"wind,feels_like_temp,location)"));
/* Create the colgroups */
error_check(session->create(session, "colgroup:weather:day_time", "columns=(hour,day)"));
error_check(session->create(session, "colgroup:weather:temperature", "columns=(temp)"));

In this example the hour and day columns are grouped together in one columns group and the temperature column stored in another. This allows a cursor to be opened on a either of these column groups instead of the entire table.

error_check(session->open_cursor(session, "colgroup:weather:temperature", NULL, NULL, &cursor));
while ((ret = cursor->next(cursor)) == 0) {
error_check(cursor->get_value(cursor, &temp));
/*
* Update the value from celsius to fahrenheit. Discarding decimals and keeping data simple
* by type casting to uint8_t.
*/
temp_in_fahrenheit = (uint8_t)((1.8 * temp) + 32.0);
cursor->set_value(cursor, temp_in_fahrenheit);
error_check(cursor->update(cursor));
}
scan_end_check(ret == WT_NOTFOUND);
error_check(cursor->close(cursor));

An operation can then be completed on the values of this column without having to bring the other columns into memory.

Indices

Columns are also used to create and configure indices on tables.

Table indices are automatically updated whenever the table is modified.

Table index cursors are read-only and cannot be used for update operations.

To create a table index, call WT_SESSION::create using the URI index:<table>:<index name>, listing a column in the configuration.

Continuing the example, we might open an index on the country column:

/* Create an index with a simple key. */
error_check(session->create(session, "index:poptable:country", "columns=(country)"));

Cursors are opened on indices by passing the index's URI to the WT_SESSION::open_cursor method.

Index cursors use the specified index key columns for WT_CURSOR::get_key and WT_CURSOR::set_key. For example, we can retrieve information from the country index as follows:

/* Search in a simple index. */
error_check(session->open_cursor(session, "index:poptable:country", NULL, NULL, &cursor));
cursor->set_key(cursor, "AU\0\0\0");
error_check(cursor->search(cursor));
error_check(cursor->get_value(cursor, &country, &year, &population));
printf("AU: country %s, year %" PRIu16 ", population %" PRIu64 "\n", country, year, population);

To create an index with a composite key, specify more than one column to the WT_SESSION::create call:

/* Create an index with a composite key (country,year). */
error_check(
session->create(session, "index:poptable:country_plus_year", "columns=(country,year)"));

To retrieve information from a composite index requires a more complicated WT_CURSOR::set_key call, but is otherwise the same:

/* Search in a composite index. */
error_check(
session->open_cursor(session, "index:poptable:country_plus_year", NULL, NULL, &cursor));
cursor->set_key(cursor, "USA\0\0", (uint16_t)1900);
error_check(cursor->search(cursor));
error_check(cursor->get_value(cursor, &country, &year, &population));
printf(
"US 1900: country %s, year %" PRIu16 ", population %" PRIu64 "\n", country, year, population);

Immutable indices

It is possible to create an index with the immutable configuration setting enabled. This setting tells WiredTiger that the index keys for a record do not change when records are updated. This is an optimization that it saves a remove and insert into the index whenever a value in the primary table is updated.

If immutable is configured when updates should alter the content of the index it is possible to corrupt data.

An example of using an immutable index is:

/* Create an immutable index. */
error_check(
session->create(session, "index:poptable:immutable_year", "columns=(year),immutable"));

Code samples

The code included above was taken from the complete example program ex_schema.c.

Here are other example programs, ex_call_center.c,

/*
* In SQL, the tables are described as follows:
*
* CREATE TABLE Customers(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
* name VARCHAR(30), address VARCHAR(50), phone VARCHAR(15))
* CREATE INDEX CustomersPhone ON Customers(phone)
*
* CREATE TABLE Calls(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, call_date DATE,
* cust_id INTEGER, emp_id INTEGER, call_type VARCHAR(12),
* notes VARCHAR(25))
* CREATE INDEX CallsCustDate ON Calls(cust_id, call_date)
*
* In this example, both tables will use record numbers for their IDs, which
* will be the key. The C structs for the records are as follows.
*/
/* Customer records. */
typedef struct {
uint64_t id;
const char *name;
const char *address;
const char *phone;
} CUSTOMER;
/* Call records. */
typedef struct {
uint64_t id;
uint64_t call_date;
uint64_t cust_id;
uint64_t emp_id;
const char *call_type;
const char *notes;
} CALL;
error_check(conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session));
/*
* Create the customers table, give names and types to the columns. The columns will be stored
* in two groups: "main" and "address", created below.
*/
error_check(session->create(session, "table:customers",
"key_format=r,value_format=SSS,columns=(id,name,address,phone),colgroups=(main,address)"));
/* Create the main column group with value columns except address. */
error_check(session->create(session, "colgroup:customers:main", "columns=(name,phone)"));
/* Create the address column group with just the address. */
error_check(session->create(session, "colgroup:customers:address", "columns=(address)"));
/* Create an index on the customer table by phone number. */
error_check(session->create(session, "index:customers:phone", "columns=(phone)"));
/* Populate the customers table with some data. */
error_check(session->open_cursor(session, "table:customers", NULL, "append", &cursor));
for (custp = cust_sample; custp->name != NULL; custp++) {
cursor->set_value(cursor, custp->name, custp->address, custp->phone);
error_check(cursor->insert(cursor));
}
error_check(cursor->close(cursor));
/*
* Create the calls table, give names and types to the columns. All the columns will be stored
* together, so no column groups are declared.
*/
error_check(session->create(session, "table:calls",
"key_format=r,value_format=qrrSS,columns=(id,call_date,cust_id,emp_id,call_type,notes)"));
/*
* Create an index on the calls table with a composite key of cust_id and call_date.
*/
error_check(session->create(session, "index:calls:cust_date", "columns=(cust_id,call_date)"));
/* Populate the calls table with some data. */
error_check(session->open_cursor(session, "table:calls", NULL, "append", &cursor));
for (callp = call_sample; callp->call_type != NULL; callp++) {
cursor->set_value(
cursor, callp->call_date, callp->cust_id, callp->emp_id, callp->call_type, callp->notes);
error_check(cursor->insert(cursor));
}
error_check(cursor->close(cursor));
/*
* First query: a call arrives. In SQL:
*
* SELECT id, name FROM Customers WHERE phone=?
*
* Use the cust_phone index, lookup by phone number to fill the customer record. The cursor will
* have a key format of "S" for a string because the cust_phone index has a single column
* ("phone"), which is of type "S".
*
* Specify the columns we want: the customer ID and the name. This means the cursor's value
* format will be "rS".
*/
error_check(
session->open_cursor(session, "index:customers:phone(id,name)", NULL, NULL, &cursor));
cursor->set_key(cursor, "123-456-7890");
error_check(cursor->search(cursor));
error_check(cursor->get_value(cursor, &cust.id, &cust.name));
printf("Read customer record for %s (ID %" PRIu64 ")\n", cust.name, cust.id);
error_check(cursor->close(cursor));
/*
* Next query: get the recent order history. In SQL:
*
* SELECT * FROM Calls WHERE cust_id=? ORDER BY call_date DESC LIMIT 3
*
* Use the call_cust_date index to find the matching calls. Since it is in increasing order by
* date for a given customer, we want to start with the last record for the customer and work
* backwards.
*
* Specify a subset of columns to be returned. (Note that if these were all covered by the
* index, the primary would not have to be accessed.) Stop after getting 3 records.
*/
error_check(session->open_cursor(
session, "index:calls:cust_date(cust_id,call_type,notes)", NULL, NULL, &cursor));
/*
* The keys in the index are (cust_id,call_date) -- we want the largest call date for a given
* cust_id. Search for (cust_id+1,0), then work backwards.
*/
cust.id = 1;
cursor->set_key(cursor, cust.id + 1, 0);
error_check(cursor->search_near(cursor, &exact));
/*
* If the table is empty, search_near will return WT_NOTFOUND, else the cursor will be
* positioned on a matching key if one exists, or an adjacent key if one does not. If the
* positioned key is equal to or larger than the search key, go back one.
*/
if (exact >= 0)
error_check(cursor->prev(cursor));
for (count = 0; count < 3; ++count) {
error_check(cursor->get_value(cursor, &call.cust_id, &call.call_type, &call.notes));
if (call.cust_id != cust.id)
break;
printf(
"Call record: customer %" PRIu64 " (%s: %s)\n", call.cust_id, call.call_type, call.notes);
error_check(cursor->prev(cursor));
}

and ex_col_store.c.

typedef struct {
uint16_t hour;
uint16_t pressure;
uint16_t loc_lat;
uint16_t loc_long;
uint8_t temp;
uint8_t humidity;
uint8_t wind;
uint8_t feels_like_temp;
char day[5];
char country[5];
} WEATHER;
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
WT_CURSOR *cursor;
WT_SESSION *session;
WEATHER weather_data[NUM_ENTRIES];
char countries[][NUM_COUNTRIES - 1] = {"AUS", "GBR", "USA", "NZD", "IND", "CHI", "RUS"};
int max_temp_result, min_temp_result, ret;
uint16_t ending_time, starting_time;
home = example_setup(argc, argv);
/* Establishing a connection. */
error_check(wiredtiger_open(home, NULL, "create,statistics=(fast)", &conn));
/* Establishing a session. */
error_check(conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session));
/* Create a table with columns and colgroups. */
error_check(session->create(session, TABLE_NAME,
"key_format=r,value_format=" WT_UNCHECKED_STRING(
HHHHBBBB5S5S) ",columns=(id,hour,pressure,loc_lat,"
"loc_long,temp,humidity,"
"wind,feels_like_temp,day,country),colgroups=(day_time,temperature,"
"humidity_pressure,"
"wind,feels_like_temp,location)"));
/* Create the colgroups */
error_check(session->create(session, "colgroup:weather:day_time", "columns=(hour,day)"));
error_check(session->create(session, "colgroup:weather:temperature", "columns=(temp)"));
error_check(session->create(
session, "colgroup:weather:humidity_pressure", "columns=(pressure,humidity)"));
error_check(session->create(session, "colgroup:weather:wind", "columns=(wind)"));
error_check(
session->create(session, "colgroup:weather:feels_like_temp", "columns=(feels_like_temp)"));
error_check(
session->create(session, "colgroup:weather:location", "columns=(loc_lat,loc_long,country)"));
/* Generating random data to populate the weather table. */
generate_data(weather_data);
/* Open a cursor on the table to insert the data. */
error_check(session->open_cursor(session, TABLE_NAME, NULL, "append", &cursor));
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ENTRIES; i++) {
cursor->set_value(cursor, weather_data[i].hour, weather_data[i].pressure,
weather_data[i].loc_lat, weather_data[i].loc_long, weather_data[i].temp,
weather_data[i].humidity, weather_data[i].wind, weather_data[i].feels_like_temp,
weather_data[i].day, weather_data[i].country);
error_check(cursor->insert(cursor));
}
/* Close cursor. */
error_check(cursor->close(cursor));
/* Prints all the data in the database. */
print_all_columns(session);
/* Create indexes for searching */
error_check(session->create(session, "index:weather:hour", "columns=(hour)"));
error_check(session->create(session, "index:weather:country", "columns=(country)"));
/*
* Start and end points for time range for finding min/max temperature, in 24 hour format.
* Example uses 10am - 8pm but can change the values for desired start and end times.
*/
starting_time = 1000;
ending_time = 2000;
min_temp_result = 0;
max_temp_result = 0;
ret = find_min_and_max_temp(
session, starting_time, ending_time, &min_temp_result, &max_temp_result);
/* If the min/max temperature is not found due to some error, there is no result to print. */
if (ret == 0) {
printf("The minimum temperature between %" PRIu16 " and %" PRIu16 " is %d.\n",
starting_time, ending_time, min_temp_result);
printf("The maximum temperature between %" PRIu16 " and %" PRIu16 " is %d.\n",
starting_time, ending_time, max_temp_result);
}
/* Update the temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit. */
update_celsius_to_fahrenheit(session);
/*
* Start and end points for time range for finding min/max temperature, in 24 hour format.
* Example uses 10am - 8pm but can change the values for desired start and end times.
*/
starting_time = 1000;
ending_time = 2000;
min_temp_result = 0;
max_temp_result = 0;
ret = find_min_and_max_temp(
session, starting_time, ending_time, &min_temp_result, &max_temp_result);
/* If the min/max temperature is not found due to some error, there is no result to print. */
if (ret == 0) {
printf("The minimum temperature between %" PRIu16 " and %" PRIu16 " is %d.\n",
starting_time, ending_time, min_temp_result);
printf("The maximum temperature between %" PRIu16 " and %" PRIu16 " is %d.\n",
starting_time, ending_time, max_temp_result);
}
printf("Average for all countries:\n");
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_COUNTRIES; i++)
average_data(session, countries[i]);
remove_country(session);
printf("Average for all countries:\n");
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_COUNTRIES; i++)
average_data(session, countries[i]);
/* Close the connection. */
error_check(conn->close(conn, NULL));
return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
WT_CURSOR::prev
int prev(WT_CURSOR *cursor)
Return the previous record.
WT_SESSION::create
int create(WT_SESSION *session, const char *name, const char *config)
Create a table, column group, index or file.
WT_SESSION::open_cursor
int open_cursor(WT_SESSION *session, const char *uri, WT_CURSOR *to_dup, const char *config, WT_CURSOR **cursorp)
Open a new cursor on a data source or duplicate an existing cursor.
WT_CURSOR::get_key
int get_key(WT_CURSOR *cursor,...)
Get the key for the current record.
WT_CURSOR
A WT_CURSOR handle is the interface to a cursor.
Definition: wiredtiger.in:197
WT_CURSOR::search
int search(WT_CURSOR *cursor)
Return the record matching the key.
WT_CONNECTION::open_session
int open_session(WT_CONNECTION *connection, WT_EVENT_HANDLER *event_handler, const char *config, WT_SESSION **sessionp)
Open a session.
WT_CURSOR::next
int next(WT_CURSOR *cursor)
Return the next record.
WT_CURSOR::get_value
int get_value(WT_CURSOR *cursor,...)
Get the value for the current record.
WT_CONNECTION
A connection to a WiredTiger database.
Definition: wiredtiger.in:2018
WT_CURSOR::search_near
int search_near(WT_CURSOR *cursor, int *exactp)
Return the record matching the key if it exists, or an adjacent record.
WT_CURSOR::close
int close(WT_CURSOR *cursor)
Close the cursor.
WT_CURSOR::set_value
void set_value(WT_CURSOR *cursor,...)
Set the value for the next operation.
WT_CURSOR::update
int update(WT_CURSOR *cursor)
Update an existing record and optionally insert a record.
wiredtiger_open
int wiredtiger_open(const char *home, WT_EVENT_HANDLER *event_handler, const char *config, WT_CONNECTION **connectionp)
Open a connection to a database.
WT_CURSOR::set_key
void set_key(WT_CURSOR *cursor,...)
Set the key for the next operation.
WT_NOTFOUND
#define WT_NOTFOUND
Item not found.
Definition: wiredtiger.in:4031
WT_SESSION
All data operations are performed in the context of a WT_SESSION.
Definition: wiredtiger.in:819
WT_CONNECTION::close
int close(WT_CONNECTION *connection, const char *config)
Close a connection.
WT_CURSOR::insert
int insert(WT_CURSOR *cursor)
Insert a record and optionally update an existing record.