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<p>In Berkeley DB, a database is a collection of <span class="emphasis"><em>records</em></span>. Records,
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<span>database</span>
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DB *dbp; /* DB structure handle */
u_int32_t flags; /* database open flags */
int ret; /* function return value */
/* Initialize the structure. This
* database is not opened in an environment,
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