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The syntax of the entry in that file is a single line with the string "set_mp_max_write", one or more whitespace characters, and the maximum number of sequential writes and the number of microseconds to sleep, also separated by whitespace characters. Because the <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> file is read when the database environment is opened, it will silently overrule configuration done before that time. </p> <p> The <code class="methodname">DbEnv::set_mp_max_write()</code> method configures a database environment, not only operations performed using the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5. The DbEnv Handle">DbEnv</a> handle. </p> <p> The <code class="methodname">DbEnv::set_mp_max_write()</code> <span> <span> 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. </span> </span> </p> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id1693039"></a>Parameters</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id1693040"></a>maxwrite</h4> </div> </div> </div> <p> The maximum number of sequential write operations scheduled by the library when flushing dirty pages from the cache, or 0 if there is no limitation on the number of sequential write operations. </p> </div> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id1693199"></a>maxwrite_sleep</h4> </div> </div> </div> <p> The number of microseconds the thread of control should pause before scheduling further write operations. It must be specified as an unsigned 32-bit number of microseconds, limiting the maximum pause to roughly 71 minutes. </p> </div> </div> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id1693162"></a>Errors</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> The <code class="methodname">DbEnv::set_mp_max_write()</code> <span> <span> method may fail and throw a <a class="link" href="dbexception.html" title="Chapter 6. The DbException Class">DbException</a> exception, encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of the following non-zero errors: </span> </span> </p> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id1692806"></a>EINVAL</h4> </div> </div> </div> <p> An invalid flag value or parameter was specified. </p> </div> </div> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id1693409"></a>Class</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5. The DbEnv Handle">DbEnv</a>, <a class="link" href="memp.html" title="Chapter 9. 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