Db::set_create_dir()

#include <db_cxx.h>

int
Db::set_create_dir(const char *dir); 

Specify which directory a database should be created in or looked for.

The Db::set_create_dir() method may not be called after the Db::open() method is called.

The Db::set_create_dir() method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure, and returns 0 on success.

Parameters

dir

The dir will be used to create or locate the database file specified in the Db::open() method call. The directory must be one of the directories in the environment list specified by DbEnv::add_data_dir() .

Errors

The Db::set_create_dir() method may fail and throw a DbException exception, encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of the following non-zero errors:

EINVAL

An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

Class

Db

See Also

Database and Related Methods