Access method operations

Once a database has been opened using db_open, and a handle on that database returned, there are seven standard access method operations. Each of these operations is performed using a function that is referenced from the returned handle. The seven operations are as follows:

DB->get

Retrieve a record

DB->put

Store a record

DB->del

Delete a record

DB->cursor

Open a cursor into the database

DB->stat

Return statistics about the database

DB->sync

Flush the underlying cache

DB->close

Close the database