DB->set_flags

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#include <db.h>

int DB->set_flags(DB *db, u_int32_t flags);

int DB->get_flags(DB *db, u_int32_t *flagsp);


Description: DB->set_flags

Configure a database. Calling DB->set_flags is additive; there is no way to clear flags.

The DB->set_flags method may not be called after the DB->open method is called.

The DB->set_flags method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

Parameters

flags
The flags parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise inclusively OR'ing together one or more of the following values:

General

The following flags may be specified for any Berkeley DB access method:

DB_CHKSUM
Do checksum verification of pages read into the cache from the backing filestore. Berkeley DB uses the SHA1 Secure Hash Algorithm if encryption is configured and a general hash algorithm if it is not.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_CHKSUM flag only affects the specified DB handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle).

If the database already exists when DB->open is called, the DB_CHKSUM flag will be ignored.

If creating additional databases in a file, the checksum behavior specified must be consistent with the existing databases in the file or an error will be returned.

DB_ENCRYPT
Encrypt the database using the cryptographic password specified to the DB_ENV->set_encrypt or DB->set_encrypt methods.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_ENCRYPT flag only affects the specified DB handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle).

If the database already exists when DB->open is called, the DB_ENCRYPT flag must be the same as the existing database or an error will be returned.

If creating additional databases in a file, the encryption behavior specified must be consistent with the existing databases in the file or an error will be returned.

Encrypted databases are not portable between machines of different byte orders, that is, encrypted databases created on big-endian machines cannot be read on little-endian machines, and vice versa.

DB_TXN_NOT_DURABLE
If set, Berkeley DB will not write log records for this database. This means that updates of this database exhibit the ACI (atomicity, consistency, and isolation) properties, but not D (durability); that is, database integrity will be maintained, but if the application or system fails, integrity will not persist. The database file must be verified and/or restored from backup after a failure. In order to ensure integrity after application shut down, the database handles must be closed without specifying DB_NOSYNC, or all database changes must be flushed from the database environment cache using either the DB_ENV->txn_checkpoint or DB_ENV->memp_sync methods. All database handles for a single physical file must set DB_TXN_NOT_DURABLE, including database handles for different databases in a physical file.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_TXN_NOT_DURABLE flag only affects the specified DB handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle).

Btree

The following flags may be specified for the Btree access method:

DB_DUP
Permit duplicate data items in the database; that is, insertion when the key of the key/data pair being inserted already exists in the database will be successful. The ordering of duplicates in the database is determined by the order of insertion, unless the ordering is otherwise specified by use of a cursor operation.

The DB_DUPSORT flag is preferred to DB_DUP for performance reasons. The DB_DUP flag should only be used by applications wanting to order duplicate data items manually.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_DUP flag affects the database, including all threads of control accessing the database.

If the database already exists when DB->open is called, the DB_DUP flag must be the same as the existing database or an error will be returned.

It is an error to specify both DB_DUP and DB_RECNUM.

DB_DUPSORT
Permit duplicate data items in the database; that is, insertion when the key of the key/data pair being inserted already exists in the database will be successful. The ordering of duplicates in the database is determined by the duplicate comparison function. If the application does not specify a comparison function using the DB->set_dup_compare method, a default lexical comparison will be used. It is an error to specify both DB_DUPSORT and DB_RECNUM.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_DUPSORT flag affects the database, including all threads of control accessing the database.

If the database already exists when DB->open is called, the DB_DUPSORT flag must be the same as the existing database or an error will be returned.

DB_RECNUM
Support retrieval from the Btree using record numbers. For more information, see the DB_SET_RECNO flag to the DB->get and DBcursor->c_get methods.

Logical record numbers in Btree databases are mutable in the face of record insertion or deletion. See the DB_RENUMBER flag in the Recno access method information for further discussion.

Maintaining record counts within a Btree introduces a serious point of contention, namely the page locations where the record counts are stored. In addition, the entire database must be locked during both insertions and deletions, effectively single-threading the database for those operations. Specifying DB_RECNUM can result in serious performance degradation for some applications and data sets.

It is an error to specify both DB_DUP and DB_RECNUM.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_RECNUM flag affects the database, including all threads of control accessing the database.

If the database already exists when DB->open is called, the DB_RECNUM flag must be the same as the existing database or an error will be returned.

DB_REVSPLITOFF
Turn off reverse splitting in the Btree. As pages are emptied in a database, the Berkeley DB Btree implementation attempts to coalesce empty pages into higher-level pages in order to keep the database as small as possible and minimize search time. This can hurt performance in applications with cyclical data demands; that is, applications where the database grows and shrinks repeatedly. For example, because Berkeley DB does page-level locking, the maximum level of concurrency in a database of two pages is far smaller than that in a database of 100 pages, so a database that has shrunk to a minimal size can cause severe deadlocking when a new cycle of data insertion begins.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_REVSPLITOFF flag only affects the specified DB handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle).

Hash

The following flags may be specified for the Hash access method:

DB_DUP
Permit duplicate data items in the database; that is, insertion when the key of the key/data pair being inserted already exists in the database will be successful. The ordering of duplicates in the database is determined by the order of insertion, unless the ordering is otherwise specified by use of a cursor operation.

The DB_DUPSORT flag is preferred to DB_DUP for performance reasons. The DB_DUP flag should only be used by applications wanting to order duplicate data items manually.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_DUP flag affects the database, including all threads of control accessing the database.

If the database already exists when DB->open is called, the DB_DUP flag must be the same as the existing database or an error will be returned.

DB_DUPSORT
Permit duplicate data items in the database; that is, insertion when the key of the key/data pair being inserted already exists in the database will be successful. The ordering of duplicates in the database is determined by the duplicate comparison function. If the application does not specify a comparison function using the DB->set_dup_compare method, a default lexical comparison will be used. It is an error to specify both DB_DUPSORT and DB_RECNUM.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_DUPSORT flag affects the database, including all threads of control accessing the database.

If the database already exists when DB->open is called, the DB_DUPSORT flag must be the same as the existing database or an error will be returned.

Queue

There are no additional flags that may be specified for the Queue access method.

Recno

The following flags may be specified for the Recno access method:

DB_RENUMBER
Specifying the DB_RENUMBER flag causes the logical record numbers to be mutable, and change as records are added to and deleted from the database. For example, the deletion of record number 4 causes records numbered 5 and greater to be renumbered downward by one. If a cursor was positioned to record number 4 before the deletion, it will refer to the new record number 4, if any such record exists, after the deletion. If a cursor was positioned after record number 4 before the deletion, it will be shifted downward one logical record, continuing to refer to the same record as it did before.

(DB_RENUMBER flag를 설정하는 것은 논리적 레코드번호를 변화시키게 하고 레코드 추가,삭제시 레코드번호가 변경된다.만약 커서가 레코드 삭제되기전에 4번이후를 가르키고 있었다면 커서는 레코드삭제후 아래방향의 값으로 shift된다.(역자주:즉 --))

Using the DB->put or DBcursor->c_put interfaces to create new records will cause the creation of multiple records if the record number is more than one greater than the largest record currently in the database. For example, creating record 28, when record 25 was previously the last record in the database, will create records 26 and 27 as well as 28. Attempts to retrieve records that were created in this manner will result in an error return of DB_KEYEMPTY.

(새로운 레코드생성을 위해 DB->put or DBcursor->c_put 을 사용할때 키가 현재 디비의 가장큰 레코드번호보다 크게 되면 여러개의 레코드가 생성되게 된다.(역자주:즉 비어있는 레코드가 생성되고 나중에 설정되어야 한다.))

If a created record is not at the end of the database, all records following the new record will be automatically renumbered upward by one. For example, the creation of a new record numbered 8 causes records numbered 8 and greater to be renumbered upward by one. If a cursor was positioned to record number 8 or greater before the insertion, it will be shifted upward one logical record, continuing to refer to the same record as it did before.

(만약 생성된 레코드가 디비의 마직막에 있지 않으면 새로운 레코드를 따르는 모든 레코드는 자동으로 하나씩 윗숫자로 재넘버링된다.)

For these reasons, concurrent access to a Recno database with the DB_RENUMBER flag specified may be largely meaningless, although it is supported.

(이와같은 이유로 , DB_RENUMBER flag 가 설정된 Recno디비에 동시에 접근하는것은 크게 의미가 없을 수 있다.비록 이것이 지원될지라도)

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_RENUMBER flag affects the database, including all threads of control accessing the database.

If the database already exists when DB->open is called, the DB_RENUMBER flag must be the same as the existing database or an error will be returned.

(만약 DB->open 이 호출되었을때 디비가 이미 존재하면 DB_RENUMBER 플래그는 이미지존재하는 디비와 같아야 하고 그렇지 않으면 에러를 리턴한다.)

DB_SNAPSHOT
This flag specifies that any specified re_source file be read in its entirety when DB->open is called. If this flag is not specified, the re_source file may be read lazily.

Calling DB->set_flags with the DB_SNAPSHOT flag only affects the specified DB handle (and any other Berkeley DB handles opened within the scope of that handle).

Errors

The DB->set_flags method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:

EINVAL
An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

Description: DB->get_flags

The DB->get_flags method returns the current flags.

The DB->get_flags method may be called at any time during the life of the application.

The DB->get_flags method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

Parameters

flagsp
The DB->get_flags method returns the current flags in flagsp.

Class

DB

See Also

Databases and Related Methods

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