LMDB API

OpenLDAP Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager. More...

Modules
	Version Macros
	Environment Flags
	Database Flags
	Write Flags
	Copy Flags
	Return Codes

Data Structures
struct	MDB_val
	Generic structure used for passing keys and data in and out of the database. More...
struct	MDB_stat
	Statistics for a database in the environment. More...
struct	MDB_envinfo
	Information about the environment. More...

Macros
#define	mdb_open(txn, name, flags, dbi)   mdb_dbi_open(txn,name,flags,dbi)
#define	mdb_close(env, dbi)   mdb_dbi_close(env,dbi)

Typedefs
typedef unsigned int	MDB_dbi
	A handle for an individual database in the DB environment.
typedef int(	MDB_cmp_func )(const MDB_val *a, const MDB_val *b)
	A callback function used to compare two keys in a database.
typedef void(	MDB_rel_func )(MDB_val *item, void *oldptr, void *newptr, void *relctx)
	A callback function used to relocate a position-dependent data item in a fixed-address database.
typedef void	MDB_assert_func (MDB_env *env, const char *msg)
	A callback function for most LMDB assert() failures, called before printing the message and aborting.
typedef int(	MDB_msg_func )(const char *msg, void *ctx)
	A callback function used to print a message from the library.

Enumerations
enum	MDB_cursor_op {   MDB_FIRST, MDB_FIRST_DUP, MDB_GET_BOTH, MDB_GET_BOTH_RANGE,   MDB_GET_CURRENT, MDB_GET_MULTIPLE, MDB_LAST, MDB_LAST_DUP,   MDB_NEXT, MDB_NEXT_DUP, MDB_NEXT_MULTIPLE, MDB_NEXT_NODUP,   MDB_PREV, MDB_PREV_DUP, MDB_PREV_NODUP, MDB_SET,   MDB_SET_KEY, MDB_SET_RANGE }
	Cursor Get operations. More...

Functions
char *	mdb_version (int *major, int *minor, int *patch)
	Return the LMDB library version information.
char *	mdb_strerror (int err)
	Return a string describing a given error code.
int	mdb_env_create (MDB_env **env)
	Create an LMDB environment handle.
int	mdb_env_open (MDB_env *env, const char *path, unsigned int flags, mdb_mode_t mode)
	Open an environment handle.
int	mdb_env_copy (MDB_env *env, const char *path)
	Copy an LMDB environment to the specified path.
int	mdb_env_copyfd (MDB_env *env, mdb_filehandle_t fd)
	Copy an LMDB environment to the specified file descriptor.
int	mdb_env_copy2 (MDB_env *env, const char *path, unsigned int flags)
	Copy an LMDB environment to the specified path, with options.
int	mdb_env_copyfd2 (MDB_env *env, mdb_filehandle_t fd, unsigned int flags)
	Copy an LMDB environment to the specified file descriptor, with options.
int	mdb_env_stat (MDB_env *env, MDB_stat *stat)
	Return statistics about the LMDB environment.
int	mdb_env_info (MDB_env *env, MDB_envinfo *stat)
	Return information about the LMDB environment.
int	mdb_env_sync (MDB_env *env, int force)
	Flush the data buffers to disk.
void	mdb_env_close (MDB_env *env)
	Close the environment and release the memory map.
int	mdb_env_set_flags (MDB_env *env, unsigned int flags, int onoff)
	Set environment flags.
int	mdb_env_get_flags (MDB_env *env, unsigned int *flags)
	Get environment flags.
int	mdb_env_get_path (MDB_env *env, const char **path)
	Return the path that was used in mdb_env_open().
int	mdb_env_get_fd (MDB_env *env, mdb_filehandle_t *fd)
	Return the filedescriptor for the given environment.
int	mdb_env_set_mapsize (MDB_env *env, size_t size)
	Set the size of the memory map to use for this environment.
int	mdb_env_set_maxreaders (MDB_env *env, unsigned int readers)
	Set the maximum number of threads/reader slots for the environment.
int	mdb_env_get_maxreaders (MDB_env *env, unsigned int *readers)
	Get the maximum number of threads/reader slots for the environment.
int	mdb_env_set_maxdbs (MDB_env *env, MDB_dbi dbs)
	Set the maximum number of named databases for the environment.
int	mdb_env_get_maxkeysize (MDB_env *env)
	Get the maximum size of keys and MDB_DUPSORT data we can write.
int	mdb_env_set_userctx (MDB_env *env, void *ctx)
	Set application information associated with the MDB_env.
void *	mdb_env_get_userctx (MDB_env *env)
	Get the application information associated with the MDB_env.
int	mdb_env_set_assert (MDB_env *env, MDB_assert_func *func)
int	mdb_txn_begin (MDB_env *env, MDB_txn *parent, unsigned int flags, MDB_txn **txn)
	Create a transaction for use with the environment.
MDB_env *	mdb_txn_env (MDB_txn *txn)
	Returns the transaction's MDB_env.
size_t	mdb_txn_id (MDB_txn *txn)
	Return the transaction's ID.
int	mdb_txn_commit (MDB_txn *txn)
	Commit all the operations of a transaction into the database.
void	mdb_txn_abort (MDB_txn *txn)
	Abandon all the operations of the transaction instead of saving them.
void	mdb_txn_reset (MDB_txn *txn)
	Reset a read-only transaction.
int	mdb_txn_renew (MDB_txn *txn)
	Renew a read-only transaction.
int	mdb_dbi_open (MDB_txn *txn, const char *name, unsigned int flags, MDB_dbi *dbi)
	Open a database in the environment.
int	mdb_stat (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, MDB_stat *stat)
	Retrieve statistics for a database.
int	mdb_dbi_flags (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, unsigned int *flags)
	Retrieve the DB flags for a database handle.
void	mdb_dbi_close (MDB_env *env, MDB_dbi dbi)
	Close a database handle. Normally unnecessary. Use with care:
int	mdb_drop (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, int del)
	Empty or delete+close a database.
int	mdb_set_compare (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, MDB_cmp_func *cmp)
	Set a custom key comparison function for a database.
int	mdb_set_dupsort (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, MDB_cmp_func *cmp)
	Set a custom data comparison function for a MDB_DUPSORT database.
int	mdb_set_relfunc (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, MDB_rel_func *rel)
	Set a relocation function for a MDB_FIXEDMAP database.
int	mdb_set_relctx (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, void *ctx)
	Set a context pointer for a MDB_FIXEDMAP database's relocation function.
int	mdb_get (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, MDB_val *key, MDB_val *data)
	Get items from a database.
int	mdb_put (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, MDB_val *key, MDB_val *data, unsigned int flags)
	Store items into a database.
int	mdb_del (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, MDB_val *key, MDB_val *data)
	Delete items from a database.
int	mdb_cursor_open (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, MDB_cursor **cursor)
	Create a cursor handle.
void	mdb_cursor_close (MDB_cursor *cursor)
	Close a cursor handle.
int	mdb_cursor_renew (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_cursor *cursor)
	Renew a cursor handle.
MDB_txn *	mdb_cursor_txn (MDB_cursor *cursor)
	Return the cursor's transaction handle.
MDB_dbi	mdb_cursor_dbi (MDB_cursor *cursor)
	Return the cursor's database handle.
int	mdb_cursor_get (MDB_cursor *cursor, MDB_val *key, MDB_val *data, MDB_cursor_op op)
	Retrieve by cursor.
int	mdb_cursor_put (MDB_cursor *cursor, MDB_val *key, MDB_val *data, unsigned int flags)
	Store by cursor.
int	mdb_cursor_del (MDB_cursor *cursor, unsigned int flags)
	Delete current key/data pair.
int	mdb_cursor_count (MDB_cursor *cursor, size_t *countp)
	Return count of duplicates for current key.
int	mdb_cmp (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, const MDB_val *a, const MDB_val *b)
	Compare two data items according to a particular database.
int	mdb_dcmp (MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, const MDB_val *a, const MDB_val *b)
	Compare two data items according to a particular database.
int	mdb_reader_list (MDB_env *env, MDB_msg_func *func, void *ctx)
	Dump the entries in the reader lock table.
int	mdb_reader_check (MDB_env *env, int *dead)
	Check for stale entries in the reader lock table.

Detailed Description

OpenLDAP Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager.

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Data Structure Documentation

struct MDB_val

Generic structure used for passing keys and data in and out of the database.

Values returned from the database are valid only until a subsequent update operation, or the end of the transaction. Do not modify or free them, they commonly point into the database itself.

Key sizes must be between 1 and mdb_env_get_maxkeysize() inclusive. The same applies to data sizes in databases with the MDB_DUPSORT flag. Other data items can in theory be from 0 to 0xffffffff bytes long.

Data Fields
size_t	mv_size
void *	mv_data

Field Documentation

size_t MDB_val::mv_size

size of the data item

void* MDB_val::mv_data

address of the data item

struct MDB_stat

Statistics for a database in the environment.

Data Fields
unsigned int	ms_psize
unsigned int	ms_depth
size_t	ms_branch_pages
size_t	ms_leaf_pages
size_t	ms_overflow_pages
size_t	ms_entries

Field Documentation

unsigned int MDB_stat::ms_psize

Size of a database page. This is currently the same for all databases.

unsigned int MDB_stat::ms_depth

Depth (height) of the B-tree

size_t MDB_stat::ms_branch_pages

Number of internal (non-leaf) pages

size_t MDB_stat::ms_leaf_pages

Number of leaf pages

size_t MDB_stat::ms_overflow_pages

Number of overflow pages

size_t MDB_stat::ms_entries

Number of data items

struct MDB_envinfo

Information about the environment.

Data Fields
void *	me_mapaddr
size_t	me_mapsize
size_t	me_last_pgno
size_t	me_last_txnid
unsigned int	me_maxreaders
unsigned int	me_numreaders

Field Documentation

void* MDB_envinfo::me_mapaddr

Address of map, if fixed

size_t MDB_envinfo::me_mapsize

Size of the data memory map

size_t MDB_envinfo::me_last_pgno

ID of the last used page

size_t MDB_envinfo::me_last_txnid

ID of the last committed transaction

unsigned int MDB_envinfo::me_maxreaders

max reader slots in the environment

unsigned int MDB_envinfo::me_numreaders

max reader slots used in the environment

Macro Definition Documentation

#define mdb_open	(		txn,
			name,
			flags,
			dbi
	)		mdb_dbi_open(txn,name,flags,dbi)

Compat with version <= 0.9.4, avoid clash with libmdb from MDB Tools project

#define mdb_close	(		env,
			dbi
	)		mdb_dbi_close(env,dbi)

Compat with version <= 0.9.4, avoid clash with libmdb from MDB Tools project

Typedef Documentation

typedef void( MDB_rel_func)(MDB_val *item, void *oldptr, void *newptr, void *relctx)

A callback function used to relocate a position-dependent data item in a fixed-address database.

The newptr gives the item's desired address in the memory map, and oldptr gives its previous address. The item's actual data resides at the address in item. This callback is expected to walk through the fields of the record in item and modify any values based at the oldptr address to be relative to the newptr address.

Parameters

[in,out]	item	The item that is to be relocated.
[in]	oldptr	The previous address.
[in]	newptr	The new address to relocate to.
[in]	relctx	An application-provided context, set by mdb_set_relctx().

Todo:

This feature is currently unimplemented.

typedef void MDB_assert_func(MDB_env *env, const char *msg)

A callback function for most LMDB assert() failures, called before printing the message and aborting.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create().
[in]	msg	The assertion message, not including newline.

typedef int( MDB_msg_func)(const char *msg, void *ctx)

A callback function used to print a message from the library.

Parameters

[in]	msg	The string to be printed.
[in]	ctx	An arbitrary context pointer for the callback.

Returns

< 0 on failure, >= 0 on success.

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum MDB_cursor_op

Cursor Get operations.

This is the set of all operations for retrieving data using a cursor.

Enumerator
MDB_FIRST	Position at first key/data item
MDB_FIRST_DUP	Position at first data item of current key. Only for MDB_DUPSORT
MDB_GET_BOTH	Position at key/data pair. Only for MDB_DUPSORT
MDB_GET_BOTH_RANGE	position at key, nearest data. Only for MDB_DUPSORT
MDB_GET_CURRENT	Return key/data at current cursor position
MDB_GET_MULTIPLE	Return key and up to a page of duplicate data items from current cursor position. Move cursor to prepare for MDB_NEXT_MULTIPLE. Only for MDB_DUPFIXED
MDB_LAST	Position at last key/data item
MDB_LAST_DUP	Position at last data item of current key. Only for MDB_DUPSORT
MDB_NEXT	Position at next data item
MDB_NEXT_DUP	Position at next data item of current key. Only for MDB_DUPSORT
MDB_NEXT_MULTIPLE	Return key and up to a page of duplicate data items from next cursor position. Move cursor to prepare for MDB_NEXT_MULTIPLE. Only for MDB_DUPFIXED
MDB_NEXT_NODUP	Position at first data item of next key
MDB_PREV	Position at previous data item
MDB_PREV_DUP	Position at previous data item of current key. Only for MDB_DUPSORT
MDB_PREV_NODUP	Position at last data item of previous key
MDB_SET	Position at specified key
MDB_SET_KEY	Position at specified key, return key + data
MDB_SET_RANGE	Position at first key greater than or equal to specified key.

Function Documentation

char* mdb_version	(	int *	major,
		int *	minor,
		int *	patch
	)

Return the LMDB library version information.

Parameters

[out]	major	if non-NULL, the library major version number is copied here
[out]	minor	if non-NULL, the library minor version number is copied here
[out]	patch	if non-NULL, the library patch version number is copied here

Return values

version string

The library version as a string

Return the library version info.

char* mdb_strerror

(

int

err

)

Return a string describing a given error code.

This function is a superset of the ANSI C X3.159-1989 (ANSI C) strerror(3) function. If the error code is greater than or equal to 0, then the string returned by the system function strerror(3) is returned. If the error code is less than 0, an error string corresponding to the LMDB library error is returned. See Return Codes for a list of LMDB-specific error codes.

Parameters

[in]

err

The error code

Return values

error message

The description of the error

int mdb_env_create

(

MDB_env **

env

)

Create an LMDB environment handle.

This function allocates memory for a MDB_env structure. To release the allocated memory and discard the handle, call mdb_env_close(). Before the handle may be used, it must be opened using mdb_env_open(). Various other options may also need to be set before opening the handle, e.g. mdb_env_set_mapsize(), mdb_env_set_maxreaders(), mdb_env_set_maxdbs(), depending on usage requirements.

Parameters

[out]

env

The address where the new handle will be stored

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

int mdb_env_open	(	MDB_env *	env,
		const char *	path,
		unsigned int	flags,
		mdb_mode_t	mode
	)

Open an environment handle.

If this function fails, mdb_env_close() must be called to discard the MDB_env handle.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	path	The directory in which the database files reside. This directory must already exist and be writable.
[in]	flags	Special options for this environment. This parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one or more of the values described here. Flags set by mdb_env_set_flags() are also used. MDB_FIXEDMAP use a fixed address for the mmap region. This flag must be specified when creating the environment, and is stored persistently in the environment. If successful, the memory map will always reside at the same virtual address and pointers used to reference data items in the database will be constant across multiple invocations. This option may not always work, depending on how the operating system has allocated memory to shared libraries and other uses. The feature is highly experimental. MDB_NOSUBDIR By default, LMDB creates its environment in a directory whose pathname is given in path, and creates its data and lock files under that directory. With this option, path is used as-is for the database main data file. The database lock file is the path with "-lock" appended. MDB_RDONLY Open the environment in read-only mode. No write operations will be allowed. LMDB will still modify the lock file - except on read-only filesystems, where LMDB does not use locks. MDB_WRITEMAP Use a writeable memory map unless MDB_RDONLY is set. This is faster and uses fewer mallocs, but loses protection from application bugs like wild pointer writes and other bad updates into the database. Incompatible with nested transactions. Do not mix processes with and without MDB_WRITEMAP on the same environment. This can defeat durability (mdb_env_sync etc). MDB_NOMETASYNC Flush system buffers to disk only once per transaction, omit the metadata flush. Defer that until the system flushes files to disk, or next non-MDB_RDONLY commit or mdb_env_sync(). This optimization maintains database integrity, but a system crash may undo the last committed transaction. I.e. it preserves the ACI (atomicity, consistency, isolation) but not D (durability) database property. This flag may be changed at any time using mdb_env_set_flags(). MDB_NOSYNC Don't flush system buffers to disk when committing a transaction. This optimization means a system crash can corrupt the database or lose the last transactions if buffers are not yet flushed to disk. The risk is governed by how often the system flushes dirty buffers to disk and how often mdb_env_sync() is called. However, if the filesystem preserves write order and the MDB_WRITEMAP flag is not used, transactions exhibit ACI (atomicity, consistency, isolation) properties and only lose D (durability). I.e. database integrity is maintained, but a system crash may undo the final transactions. Note that (MDB_NOSYNC | MDB_WRITEMAP) leaves the system with no hint for when to write transactions to disk, unless mdb_env_sync() is called. (MDB_MAPASYNC | MDB_WRITEMAP) may be preferable. This flag may be changed at any time using mdb_env_set_flags(). MDB_MAPASYNC When using MDB_WRITEMAP, use asynchronous flushes to disk. As with MDB_NOSYNC, a system crash can then corrupt the database or lose the last transactions. Calling mdb_env_sync() ensures on-disk database integrity until next commit. This flag may be changed at any time using mdb_env_set_flags(). MDB_NOTLS Don't use Thread-Local Storage. Tie reader locktable slots to MDB_txn objects instead of to threads. I.e. mdb_txn_reset() keeps the slot reseved for the MDB_txn object. A thread may use parallel read-only transactions. A read-only transaction may span threads if the user synchronizes its use. Applications that multiplex many user threads over individual OS threads need this option. Such an application must also serialize the write transactions in an OS thread, since LMDB's write locking is unaware of the user threads. MDB_NOLOCK Don't do any locking. If concurrent access is anticipated, the caller must manage all concurrency itself. For proper operation the caller must enforce single-writer semantics, and must ensure that no readers are using old transactions while a writer is active. The simplest approach is to use an exclusive lock so that no readers may be active at all when a writer begins. MDB_NORDAHEAD Turn off readahead. Most operating systems perform readahead on read requests by default. This option turns it off if the OS supports it. Turning it off may help random read performance when the DB is larger than RAM and system RAM is full. The option is not implemented on Windows. MDB_NOMEMINIT Don't initialize malloc'd memory before writing to unused spaces in the data file. By default, memory for pages written to the data file is obtained using malloc. While these pages may be reused in subsequent transactions, freshly malloc'd pages will be initialized to zeroes before use. This avoids persisting leftover data from other code (that used the heap and subsequently freed the memory) into the data file. Note that many other system libraries may allocate and free memory from the heap for arbitrary uses. E.g., stdio may use the heap for file I/O buffers. This initialization step has a modest performance cost so some applications may want to disable it using this flag. This option can be a problem for applications which handle sensitive data like passwords, and it makes memory checkers like Valgrind noisy. This flag is not needed with MDB_WRITEMAP, which writes directly to the mmap instead of using malloc for pages. The initialization is also skipped if MDB_RESERVE is used; the caller is expected to overwrite all of the memory that was reserved in that case. This flag may be changed at any time using mdb_env_set_flags().
[in]	mode	The UNIX permissions to set on created files and semaphores. This parameter is ignored on Windows.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• MDB_VERSION_MISMATCH - the version of the LMDB library doesn't match the version that created the database environment.
• MDB_INVALID - the environment file headers are corrupted.
• ENOENT - the directory specified by the path parameter doesn't exist.
• EACCES - the user didn't have permission to access the environment files.
• EAGAIN - the environment was locked by another process.

int mdb_env_copy	(	MDB_env *	env,
		const char *	path
	)

Copy an LMDB environment to the specified path.

This function may be used to make a backup of an existing environment. No lockfile is created, since it gets recreated at need.

Note

This call can trigger significant file size growth if run in parallel with write transactions, because it employs a read-only transaction. See long-lived transactions under Caveats.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create(). It must have already been opened successfully.
[in]	path	The directory in which the copy will reside. This directory must already exist and be writable but must otherwise be empty.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

int mdb_env_copyfd	(	MDB_env *	env,
		mdb_filehandle_t	fd
	)

Copy an LMDB environment to the specified file descriptor.

This function may be used to make a backup of an existing environment. No lockfile is created, since it gets recreated at need.

Note

This call can trigger significant file size growth if run in parallel with write transactions, because it employs a read-only transaction. See long-lived transactions under Caveats.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create(). It must have already been opened successfully.
[in]	fd	The filedescriptor to write the copy to. It must have already been opened for Write access.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

int mdb_env_copy2	(	MDB_env *	env,
		const char *	path,
		unsigned int	flags
	)

Copy an LMDB environment to the specified path, with options.

This function may be used to make a backup of an existing environment. No lockfile is created, since it gets recreated at need.

Note

This call can trigger significant file size growth if run in parallel with write transactions, because it employs a read-only transaction. See long-lived transactions under Caveats.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create(). It must have already been opened successfully.
[in]	path	The directory in which the copy will reside. This directory must already exist and be writable but must otherwise be empty.
[in]	flags	Special options for this operation. This parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one or more of the values described here. MDB_CP_COMPACT - Perform compaction while copying: omit free pages and sequentially renumber all pages in output. This option consumes more CPU and runs more slowly than the default.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

int mdb_env_copyfd2	(	MDB_env *	env,
		mdb_filehandle_t	fd,
		unsigned int	flags
	)

Copy an LMDB environment to the specified file descriptor, with options.

This function may be used to make a backup of an existing environment. No lockfile is created, since it gets recreated at need. See mdb_env_copy2() for further details.

Note

This call can trigger significant file size growth if run in parallel with write transactions, because it employs a read-only transaction. See long-lived transactions under Caveats.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create(). It must have already been opened successfully.
[in]	fd	The filedescriptor to write the copy to. It must have already been opened for Write access.
[in]	flags	Special options for this operation. See mdb_env_copy2() for options.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

int mdb_env_stat	(	MDB_env *	env,
		MDB_stat *	stat
	)

Return statistics about the LMDB environment.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[out]	stat	The address of an MDB_stat structure where the statistics will be copied

int mdb_env_info	(	MDB_env *	env,
		MDB_envinfo *	stat
	)

Return information about the LMDB environment.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[out]	stat	The address of an MDB_envinfo structure where the information will be copied

int mdb_env_sync	(	MDB_env *	env,
		int	force
	)

Flush the data buffers to disk.

Data is always written to disk when mdb_txn_commit() is called, but the operating system may keep it buffered. LMDB always flushes the OS buffers upon commit as well, unless the environment was opened with MDB_NOSYNC or in part MDB_NOMETASYNC. This call is not valid if the environment was opened with MDB_RDONLY.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	force	If non-zero, force a synchronous flush. Otherwise if the environment has the MDB_NOSYNC flag set the flushes will be omitted, and with MDB_MAPASYNC they will be asynchronous.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EACCES - the environment is read-only.
• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.
• EIO - an error occurred during synchronization.

void mdb_env_close

(

MDB_env *

env

)

Close the environment and release the memory map.

Only a single thread may call this function. All transactions, databases, and cursors must already be closed before calling this function. Attempts to use any such handles after calling this function will cause a SIGSEGV. The environment handle will be freed and must not be used again after this call.

Parameters

[in]

env

An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()

int mdb_env_set_flags	(	MDB_env *	env,
		unsigned int	flags,
		int	onoff
	)

Set environment flags.

This may be used to set some flags in addition to those from mdb_env_open(), or to unset these flags. If several threads change the flags at the same time, the result is undefined.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	flags	The flags to change, bitwise OR'ed together
[in]	onoff	A non-zero value sets the flags, zero clears them.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_env_get_flags	(	MDB_env *	env,
		unsigned int *	flags
	)

Get environment flags.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[out]	flags	The address of an integer to store the flags

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_env_get_path	(	MDB_env *	env,
		const char **	path
	)

Return the path that was used in mdb_env_open().

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[out]	path	Address of a string pointer to contain the path. This is the actual string in the environment, not a copy. It should not be altered in any way.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_env_get_fd	(	MDB_env *	env,
		mdb_filehandle_t *	fd
	)

Return the filedescriptor for the given environment.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[out]	fd	Address of a mdb_filehandle_t to contain the descriptor.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_env_set_mapsize	(	MDB_env *	env,
		size_t	size
	)

Set the size of the memory map to use for this environment.

The size should be a multiple of the OS page size. The default is 10485760 bytes. The size of the memory map is also the maximum size of the database. The value should be chosen as large as possible, to accommodate future growth of the database. This function should be called after mdb_env_create() and before mdb_env_open(). It may be called at later times if no transactions are active in this process. Note that the library does not check for this condition, the caller must ensure it explicitly.

The new size takes effect immediately for the current process but will not be persisted to any others until a write transaction has been committed by the current process. Also, only mapsize increases are persisted into the environment.

If the mapsize is increased by another process, and data has grown beyond the range of the current mapsize, mdb_txn_begin() will return MDB_MAP_RESIZED. This function may be called with a size of zero to adopt the new size.

Any attempt to set a size smaller than the space already consumed by the environment will be silently changed to the current size of the used space.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	size	The size in bytes

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified, or the environment has an active write transaction.

int mdb_env_set_maxreaders	(	MDB_env *	env,
		unsigned int	readers
	)

Set the maximum number of threads/reader slots for the environment.

This defines the number of slots in the lock table that is used to track readers in the the environment. The default is 126. Starting a read-only transaction normally ties a lock table slot to the current thread until the environment closes or the thread exits. If MDB_NOTLS is in use, mdb_txn_begin() instead ties the slot to the MDB_txn object until it or the MDB_env object is destroyed. This function may only be called after mdb_env_create() and before mdb_env_open().

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	readers	The maximum number of reader lock table slots

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified, or the environment is already open.

int mdb_env_get_maxreaders	(	MDB_env *	env,
		unsigned int *	readers
	)

Get the maximum number of threads/reader slots for the environment.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[out]	readers	Address of an integer to store the number of readers

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_env_set_maxdbs	(	MDB_env *	env,
		MDB_dbi	dbs
	)

Set the maximum number of named databases for the environment.

This function is only needed if multiple databases will be used in the environment. Simpler applications that use the environment as a single unnamed database can ignore this option. This function may only be called after mdb_env_create() and before mdb_env_open().

Currently a moderate number of slots are cheap but a huge number gets expensive: 7-120 words per transaction, and every mdb_dbi_open() does a linear search of the opened slots.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	dbs	The maximum number of databases

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified, or the environment is already open.

int mdb_env_get_maxkeysize

(

MDB_env *

env

)

Get the maximum size of keys and MDB_DUPSORT data we can write.

Depends on the compile-time constant MDB_MAXKEYSIZE. Default 511. See MDB_val.

Parameters

[in]

env

An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()

Returns

The maximum size of a key we can write

int mdb_env_set_userctx	(	MDB_env *	env,
		void *	ctx
	)

Set application information associated with the MDB_env.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	ctx	An arbitrary pointer for whatever the application needs.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

void* mdb_env_get_userctx

(

MDB_env *

env

)

Get the application information associated with the MDB_env.

Parameters

[in]

env

An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()

Returns

The pointer set by mdb_env_set_userctx().

int mdb_env_set_assert	(	MDB_env *	env,
		MDB_assert_func *	func
	)

Set or reset the assert() callback of the environment. Disabled if liblmdb is buillt with NDEBUG.

Note

This hack should become obsolete as lmdb's error handling matures.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create().
[in]	func	An MDB_assert_func function, or 0.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

int mdb_txn_begin	(	MDB_env *	env,
		MDB_txn *	parent,
		unsigned int	flags,
		MDB_txn **	txn
	)

Create a transaction for use with the environment.

The transaction handle may be discarded using mdb_txn_abort() or mdb_txn_commit().

Note

A transaction and its cursors must only be used by a single thread, and a thread may only have a single transaction at a time. If MDB_NOTLS is in use, this does not apply to read-only transactions.

Cursors may not span transactions.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	parent	If this parameter is non-NULL, the new transaction will be a nested transaction, with the transaction indicated by parent as its parent. Transactions may be nested to any level. A parent transaction and its cursors may not issue any other operations than mdb_txn_commit and mdb_txn_abort while it has active child transactions.
[in]	flags	Special options for this transaction. This parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one or more of the values described here. MDB_RDONLY This transaction will not perform any write operations.
[out]	txn	Address where the new MDB_txn handle will be stored

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• MDB_PANIC - a fatal error occurred earlier and the environment must be shut down.
• MDB_MAP_RESIZED - another process wrote data beyond this MDB_env's mapsize and this environment's map must be resized as well. See mdb_env_set_mapsize().
• MDB_READERS_FULL - a read-only transaction was requested and the reader lock table is full. See mdb_env_set_maxreaders().
• ENOMEM - out of memory.

MDB_env* mdb_txn_env

(

MDB_txn *

txn

)

Returns the transaction's MDB_env.

Parameters

[in]

txn

A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()

size_t mdb_txn_id

(

MDB_txn *

txn

)

Return the transaction's ID.

This returns the identifier associated with this transaction. For a read-only transaction, this corresponds to the snapshot being read; concurrent readers will frequently have the same transaction ID.

Parameters

[in]

txn

A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()

Returns

A transaction ID, valid if input is an active transaction.

int mdb_txn_commit

(

MDB_txn *

txn

)

Commit all the operations of a transaction into the database.

The transaction handle is freed. It and its cursors must not be used again after this call, except with mdb_cursor_renew().

Note

Earlier documentation incorrectly said all cursors would be freed. Only write-transactions free cursors.

Parameters

[in]

txn

A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.
• ENOSPC - no more disk space.
• EIO - a low-level I/O error occurred while writing.
• ENOMEM - out of memory.

void mdb_txn_abort

(

MDB_txn *

txn

)

Abandon all the operations of the transaction instead of saving them.

The transaction handle is freed. It and its cursors must not be used again after this call, except with mdb_cursor_renew().

Note

Earlier documentation incorrectly said all cursors would be freed. Only write-transactions free cursors.

Parameters

[in]

txn

A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()

void mdb_txn_reset

(

MDB_txn *

txn

)

Reset a read-only transaction.

Abort the transaction like mdb_txn_abort(), but keep the transaction handle. mdb_txn_renew() may reuse the handle. This saves allocation overhead if the process will start a new read-only transaction soon, and also locking overhead if MDB_NOTLS is in use. The reader table lock is released, but the table slot stays tied to its thread or MDB_txn. Use mdb_txn_abort() to discard a reset handle, and to free its lock table slot if MDB_NOTLS is in use. Cursors opened within the transaction must not be used again after this call, except with mdb_cursor_renew(). Reader locks generally don't interfere with writers, but they keep old versions of database pages allocated. Thus they prevent the old pages from being reused when writers commit new data, and so under heavy load the database size may grow much more rapidly than otherwise.

Parameters

[in]

txn

A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()

int mdb_txn_renew

(

MDB_txn *

txn

)

Renew a read-only transaction.

This acquires a new reader lock for a transaction handle that had been released by mdb_txn_reset(). It must be called before a reset transaction may be used again.

Parameters

[in]

txn

A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• MDB_PANIC - a fatal error occurred earlier and the environment must be shut down.
• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_dbi_open	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		const char *	name,
		unsigned int	flags,
		MDB_dbi *	dbi
	)

Open a database in the environment.

A database handle denotes the name and parameters of a database, independently of whether such a database exists. The database handle may be discarded by calling mdb_dbi_close(). The old database handle is returned if the database was already open. The handle may only be closed once.

The database handle will be private to the current transaction until the transaction is successfully committed. If the transaction is aborted the handle will be closed automatically. After a successful commit the handle will reside in the shared environment, and may be used by other transactions.

This function must not be called from multiple concurrent transactions in the same process. A transaction that uses this function must finish (either commit or abort) before any other transaction in the process may use this function.

To use named databases (with name != NULL), mdb_env_set_maxdbs() must be called before opening the environment. Database names are keys in the unnamed database, and may be read but not written.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	name	The name of the database to open. If only a single database is needed in the environment, this value may be NULL.
[in]	flags	Special options for this database. This parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one or more of the values described here. MDB_REVERSEKEY Keys are strings to be compared in reverse order, from the end of the strings to the beginning. By default, Keys are treated as strings and compared from beginning to end. MDB_DUPSORT Duplicate keys may be used in the database. (Or, from another perspective, keys may have multiple data items, stored in sorted order.) By default keys must be unique and may have only a single data item. MDB_INTEGERKEY Keys are binary integers in native byte order, either unsigned int or size_t, and will be sorted as such. The keys must all be of the same size. MDB_DUPFIXED This flag may only be used in combination with MDB_DUPSORT. This option tells the library that the data items for this database are all the same size, which allows further optimizations in storage and retrieval. When all data items are the same size, the MDB_GET_MULTIPLE and MDB_NEXT_MULTIPLE cursor operations may be used to retrieve multiple items at once. MDB_INTEGERDUP This option specifies that duplicate data items are binary integers, similar to MDB_INTEGERKEY keys. MDB_REVERSEDUP This option specifies that duplicate data items should be compared as strings in reverse order. MDB_CREATE Create the named database if it doesn't exist. This option is not allowed in a read-only transaction or a read-only environment.
[out]	dbi	Address where the new MDB_dbi handle will be stored

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• MDB_NOTFOUND - the specified database doesn't exist in the environment and MDB_CREATE was not specified.
• MDB_DBS_FULL - too many databases have been opened. See mdb_env_set_maxdbs().

int mdb_stat	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		MDB_stat *	stat
	)

Retrieve statistics for a database.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[out]	stat	The address of an MDB_stat structure where the statistics will be copied

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_dbi_flags	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		unsigned int *	flags
	)

Retrieve the DB flags for a database handle.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[out]	flags	Address where the flags will be returned.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

void mdb_dbi_close	(	MDB_env *	env,
		MDB_dbi	dbi
	)

Close a database handle. Normally unnecessary. Use with care:

This call is not mutex protected. Handles should only be closed by a single thread, and only if no other threads are going to reference the database handle or one of its cursors any further. Do not close a handle if an existing transaction has modified its database. Doing so can cause misbehavior from database corruption to errors like MDB_BAD_VALSIZE (since the DB name is gone).

Closing a database handle is not necessary, but lets mdb_dbi_open() reuse the handle value. Usually it's better to set a bigger mdb_env_set_maxdbs(), unless that value would be large.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()

int mdb_drop	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		int	del
	)

Empty or delete+close a database.

See mdb_dbi_close() for restrictions about closing the DB handle.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	del	0 to empty the DB, 1 to delete it from the environment and close the DB handle.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

int mdb_set_compare	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		MDB_cmp_func *	cmp
	)

Set a custom key comparison function for a database.

The comparison function is called whenever it is necessary to compare a key specified by the application with a key currently stored in the database. If no comparison function is specified, and no special key flags were specified with mdb_dbi_open(), the keys are compared lexically, with shorter keys collating before longer keys.

Warning

This function must be called before any data access functions are used, otherwise data corruption may occur. The same comparison function must be used by every program accessing the database, every time the database is used.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	cmp	A MDB_cmp_func function

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_set_dupsort	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		MDB_cmp_func *	cmp
	)

Set a custom data comparison function for a MDB_DUPSORT database.

This comparison function is called whenever it is necessary to compare a data item specified by the application with a data item currently stored in the database. This function only takes effect if the database was opened with the MDB_DUPSORT flag. If no comparison function is specified, and no special key flags were specified with mdb_dbi_open(), the data items are compared lexically, with shorter items collating before longer items.

Warning

This function must be called before any data access functions are used, otherwise data corruption may occur. The same comparison function must be used by every program accessing the database, every time the database is used.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	cmp	A MDB_cmp_func function

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_set_relfunc	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		MDB_rel_func *	rel
	)

Set a relocation function for a MDB_FIXEDMAP database.

Todo:

The relocation function is called whenever it is necessary to move the data of an item to a different position in the database (e.g. through tree balancing operations, shifts as a result of adds or deletes, etc.). It is intended to allow address/position-dependent data items to be stored in a database in an environment opened with the MDB_FIXEDMAP option. Currently the relocation feature is unimplemented and setting this function has no effect.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	rel	A MDB_rel_func function

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_set_relctx	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		void *	ctx
	)

Set a context pointer for a MDB_FIXEDMAP database's relocation function.

See mdb_set_relfunc and MDB_rel_func for more details.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	ctx	An arbitrary pointer for whatever the application needs. It will be passed to the callback function set by mdb_set_relfunc as its relctx parameter whenever the callback is invoked.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_get	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		MDB_val *	key,
		MDB_val *	data
	)

Get items from a database.

This function retrieves key/data pairs from the database. The address and length of the data associated with the specified key are returned in the structure to which data refers. If the database supports duplicate keys (MDB_DUPSORT) then the first data item for the key will be returned. Retrieval of other items requires the use of mdb_cursor_get().

Note

The memory pointed to by the returned values is owned by the database. The caller need not dispose of the memory, and may not modify it in any way. For values returned in a read-only transaction any modification attempts will cause a SIGSEGV.

Values returned from the database are valid only until a subsequent update operation, or the end of the transaction.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	key	The key to search for in the database
[out]	data	The data corresponding to the key

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• MDB_NOTFOUND - the key was not in the database.
• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_put	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		MDB_val *	key,
		MDB_val *	data,
		unsigned int	flags
	)

Store items into a database.

This function stores key/data pairs in the database. The default behavior is to enter the new key/data pair, replacing any previously existing key if duplicates are disallowed, or adding a duplicate data item if duplicates are allowed (MDB_DUPSORT).

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	key	The key to store in the database
[in,out]	data	The data to store
[in]	flags	Special options for this operation. This parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one or more of the values described here. MDB_NODUPDATA - enter the new key/data pair only if it does not already appear in the database. This flag may only be specified if the database was opened with MDB_DUPSORT. The function will return MDB_KEYEXIST if the key/data pair already appears in the database. MDB_NOOVERWRITE - enter the new key/data pair only if the key does not already appear in the database. The function will return MDB_KEYEXIST if the key already appears in the database, even if the database supports duplicates (MDB_DUPSORT). The data parameter will be set to point to the existing item. MDB_RESERVE - reserve space for data of the given size, but don't copy the given data. Instead, return a pointer to the reserved space, which the caller can fill in later - before the next update operation or the transaction ends. This saves an extra memcpy if the data is being generated later. LMDB does nothing else with this memory, the caller is expected to modify all of the space requested. This flag must not be specified if the database was opened with MDB_DUPSORT. MDB_APPEND - append the given key/data pair to the end of the database. This option allows fast bulk loading when keys are already known to be in the correct order. Loading unsorted keys with this flag will cause a MDB_KEYEXIST error. MDB_APPENDDUP - as above, but for sorted dup data.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• MDB_MAP_FULL - the database is full, see mdb_env_set_mapsize().
• MDB_TXN_FULL - the transaction has too many dirty pages.
• EACCES - an attempt was made to write in a read-only transaction.
• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_del	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		MDB_val *	key,
		MDB_val *	data
	)

Delete items from a database.

This function removes key/data pairs from the database. If the database does not support sorted duplicate data items (MDB_DUPSORT) the data parameter is ignored. If the database supports sorted duplicates and the data parameter is NULL, all of the duplicate data items for the key will be deleted. Otherwise, if the data parameter is non-NULL only the matching data item will be deleted. This function will return MDB_NOTFOUND if the specified key/data pair is not in the database.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	key	The key to delete from the database
[in]	data	The data to delete

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EACCES - an attempt was made to write in a read-only transaction.
• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_cursor_open	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		MDB_cursor **	cursor
	)

Create a cursor handle.

A cursor is associated with a specific transaction and database. A cursor cannot be used when its database handle is closed. Nor when its transaction has ended, except with mdb_cursor_renew(). It can be discarded with mdb_cursor_close(). A cursor in a write-transaction can be closed before its transaction ends, and will otherwise be closed when its transaction ends. A cursor in a read-only transaction must be closed explicitly, before or after its transaction ends. It can be reused with mdb_cursor_renew() before finally closing it.

Note

Earlier documentation said that cursors in every transaction were closed when the transaction committed or aborted.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[out]	cursor	Address where the new MDB_cursor handle will be stored

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

void mdb_cursor_close

(

MDB_cursor *

cursor

)

Close a cursor handle.

The cursor handle will be freed and must not be used again after this call. Its transaction must still be live if it is a write-transaction.

Parameters

[in]

cursor

A cursor handle returned by mdb_cursor_open()

int mdb_cursor_renew	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_cursor *	cursor
	)

Renew a cursor handle.

A cursor is associated with a specific transaction and database. Cursors that are only used in read-only transactions may be re-used, to avoid unnecessary malloc/free overhead. The cursor may be associated with a new read-only transaction, and referencing the same database handle as it was created with. This may be done whether the previous transaction is live or dead.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	cursor	A cursor handle returned by mdb_cursor_open()

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

MDB_txn* mdb_cursor_txn

(

MDB_cursor *

cursor

)

Return the cursor's transaction handle.

Parameters

[in]

cursor

A cursor handle returned by mdb_cursor_open()

MDB_dbi mdb_cursor_dbi

(

MDB_cursor *

cursor

)

Return the cursor's database handle.

Parameters

[in]

cursor

A cursor handle returned by mdb_cursor_open()

int mdb_cursor_get	(	MDB_cursor *	cursor,
		MDB_val *	key,
		MDB_val *	data,
		MDB_cursor_op	op
	)

Retrieve by cursor.

This function retrieves key/data pairs from the database. The address and length of the key are returned in the object to which key refers (except for the case of the MDB_SET option, in which the key object is unchanged), and the address and length of the data are returned in the object to which data refers. See mdb_get() for restrictions on using the output values.

Parameters

[in]	cursor	A cursor handle returned by mdb_cursor_open()
[in,out]	key	The key for a retrieved item
[in,out]	data	The data of a retrieved item
[in]	op	A cursor operation MDB_cursor_op

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• MDB_NOTFOUND - no matching key found.
• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_cursor_put	(	MDB_cursor *	cursor,
		MDB_val *	key,
		MDB_val *	data,
		unsigned int	flags
	)

Store by cursor.

This function stores key/data pairs into the database. The cursor is positioned at the new item, or on failure usually near it.

Note

Earlier documentation incorrectly said errors would leave the state of the cursor unchanged.

Parameters

[in]	cursor	A cursor handle returned by mdb_cursor_open()
[in]	key	The key operated on.
[in]	data	The data operated on.
[in]	flags	Options for this operation. This parameter must be set to 0 or one of the values described here. MDB_CURRENT - replace the item at the current cursor position. The key parameter must still be provided, and must match it. If using sorted duplicates (MDB_DUPSORT) the data item must still sort into the same place. This is intended to be used when the new data is the same size as the old. Otherwise it will simply perform a delete of the old record followed by an insert. MDB_NODUPDATA - enter the new key/data pair only if it does not already appear in the database. This flag may only be specified if the database was opened with MDB_DUPSORT. The function will return MDB_KEYEXIST if the key/data pair already appears in the database. MDB_NOOVERWRITE - enter the new key/data pair only if the key does not already appear in the database. The function will return MDB_KEYEXIST if the key already appears in the database, even if the database supports duplicates (MDB_DUPSORT). MDB_RESERVE - reserve space for data of the given size, but don't copy the given data. Instead, return a pointer to the reserved space, which the caller can fill in later. This saves an extra memcpy if the data is being generated later. This flag must not be specified if the database was opened with MDB_DUPSORT. MDB_APPEND - append the given key/data pair to the end of the database. No key comparisons are performed. This option allows fast bulk loading when keys are already known to be in the correct order. Loading unsorted keys with this flag will cause a MDB_KEYEXIST error. MDB_APPENDDUP - as above, but for sorted dup data. MDB_MULTIPLE - store multiple contiguous data elements in a single request. This flag may only be specified if the database was opened with MDB_DUPFIXED. The data argument must be an array of two MDB_vals. The mv_size of the first MDB_val must be the size of a single data element. The mv_data of the first MDB_val must point to the beginning of the array of contiguous data elements. The mv_size of the second MDB_val must be the count of the number of data elements to store. On return this field will be set to the count of the number of elements actually written. The mv_data of the second MDB_val is unused.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• MDB_MAP_FULL - the database is full, see mdb_env_set_mapsize().
• MDB_TXN_FULL - the transaction has too many dirty pages.
• EACCES - an attempt was made to write in a read-only transaction.
• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_cursor_del	(	MDB_cursor *	cursor,
		unsigned int	flags
	)

Delete current key/data pair.

This function deletes the key/data pair to which the cursor refers.

Parameters

[in]	cursor	A cursor handle returned by mdb_cursor_open()
[in]	flags	Options for this operation. This parameter must be set to 0 or one of the values described here. MDB_NODUPDATA - delete all of the data items for the current key. This flag may only be specified if the database was opened with MDB_DUPSORT.

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EACCES - an attempt was made to write in a read-only transaction.
• EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_cursor_count	(	MDB_cursor *	cursor,
		size_t *	countp
	)

Return count of duplicates for current key.

This call is only valid on databases that support sorted duplicate data items MDB_DUPSORT.

Parameters

[in]	cursor	A cursor handle returned by mdb_cursor_open()
[out]	countp	Address where the count will be stored

Returns

A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible errors are:

• EINVAL - cursor is not initialized, or an invalid parameter was specified.

int mdb_cmp	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		const MDB_val *	a,
		const MDB_val *	b
	)

Compare two data items according to a particular database.

This returns a comparison as if the two data items were keys in the specified database.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	a	The first item to compare
[in]	b	The second item to compare

Returns

< 0 if a < b, 0 if a == b, > 0 if a > b

int mdb_dcmp	(	MDB_txn *	txn,
		MDB_dbi	dbi,
		const MDB_val *	a,
		const MDB_val *	b
	)

Compare two data items according to a particular database.

This returns a comparison as if the two items were data items of the specified database. The database must have the MDB_DUPSORT flag.

Parameters

[in]	txn	A transaction handle returned by mdb_txn_begin()
[in]	dbi	A database handle returned by mdb_dbi_open()
[in]	a	The first item to compare
[in]	b	The second item to compare

Returns

< 0 if a < b, 0 if a == b, > 0 if a > b

int mdb_reader_list	(	MDB_env *	env,
		MDB_msg_func *	func,
		void *	ctx
	)

Dump the entries in the reader lock table.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[in]	func	A MDB_msg_func function
[in]	ctx	Anything the message function needs

Returns

< 0 on failure, >= 0 on success.

int mdb_reader_check	(	MDB_env *	env,
		int *	dead
	)

Check for stale entries in the reader lock table.

Parameters

[in]	env	An environment handle returned by mdb_env_create()
[out]	dead	Number of stale slots that were cleared

Returns

0 on success, non-zero on failure.