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<p>
Initializes specific subsystems of the Berkeley DB environment.
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<p>The syntax of the entry in
<a href="../../bdb-sql/using_dbconfig.html#using_dbconfig.title" class="olink">the DB_CONFIG File</a> is a single line
with the string <code class="literal">set_open_flags</code>, one or more whitespace characters, the method flag parameter as a string,
optionally one or more whitespace characters, and the string <code class="literal">on</code> or <code class="literal">off</code>. If the optional
string is omitted, the default is <code class="literal">on</code>; for example, <code class="literal">set_open_flags DB_INIT_REP</code> or <code class="literal">set_open_flags DB_INIT_REP on</code>.
Because the DB_CONFIG file is read when the database environment is
opened, it will silently overrule configuration done before that time.
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The method flag parameters are as follows:
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DB_INIT_REP
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Enables/disables DB_INIT_REP in the DB_ENV->open method. For example:
</p><pre class="programlisting">set_open_flags DB_INIT_REP on</pre><p>This enables initializing the replication subsystem. This subsystem should be used whenever an application plans on using replication.
This setting overwrites the DB_INIT_REP flag passed from the application's DB_ENV->open method.</p></li>
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DB_PRIVATE
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Enables/disables DB_PRIVATE in the DB_ENV->open method. For example:
</p><pre class="programlisting">set_open_flags DB_PRIVATE on</pre><p>
This enables region memory allocation from the heap instead of from memory backed by the filesystem or
system shared memory.
This flag implies the environment will only be accessed by a single process (although that
process may be multithreaded). This flag has two effects on the Berkeley DB environment.
First, all underlying data structures are allocated from per-process memory instead of from
shared memory that is accessible to more than a single process. Second, mutexes are only
configured to work between threads.
This setting overwrites the DB_PRIVATE flag passed from the application's DB_ENV->open method.
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DB_THREAD
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Enables/disables DB_THREAD in the DB_ENV->open method. For example:
</p><pre class="programlisting">set_open_flags DB_THREAD on</pre><p>This enables the DB_ENV handle returned by the DB_ENV->open method to be free-threaded; that is, concurrently usable by multiple threads in the address space.
This setting overwrites the DB_THREAD flag passed from the application's DB_ENV->open method.</p></li>
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