Berkeley DB: Db::get_type
Description: Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit.
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# Db::get_type

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    #include <db_cxx.h>

    DBTYPE
    Db::get_type(void) const;

# Description

The Db::get_type method returns the type of the underlying access method (and file format). It returns one of DB_BTREE, DB_HASH or DB_RECNO. This value may be used to determine the type of the database after a return from Db::open with the type argument set to DB_UNKNOWN.

# Class

Db

# See Also

Db::close, Db::cursor, Db::del, Db::fd, Db::get, Db::get_byteswapped, Db::get_type, Db::join, Db::open, Db::put, Db::stat and Db::sync.`