Berkeley DB

Db::get_type

						#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, DB_RECNO, or DB_QUEUE. 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.