illegal flag specified error in berkeley DB using C - c

Question

Below is my code:
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <db.h>
#define DATABASE "access.db"
typedef struct {
char data1[20];
char src[20];
} pearson_record;
I am geting the error:
illegal flag specified to DB->get
DB->get: Invalid argument
Any idea where I am going wrong.
int
main()
{
pearson_record s;
char *papa="1.1.1.1";
char *source="papa";
DB *dbp;
DBT key, data;
int ret, t_ret;
db_recno_t recno;
if ((ret = db_create(&dbp, NULL, 0)) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "db_create: %s\n", db_strerror(ret));
exit (1);
}
if ((ret = dbp->open(dbp,
NULL, DATABASE, NULL, DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, 0664)) != 0) {
dbp->err(dbp, ret, "%s", DATABASE);
goto err;
}
recno = 10;
#define BUFFER_LENGTH (5 * 1024 * 1024)
data.ulen = BUFFER_LENGTH;
data.flags = DB_DBT_USERMEM;
strncpy(s.data1, papa, strlen(papa)+1);
strncpy(s.src, source, strlen(source)+1);
memset(&key, 0, sizeof(key));
memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
//memset(&s, 0, sizeof(struct pearson_record));
key.data = &recno;
key.size = sizeof(recno);
data.data = &s;
data.size = sizeof(s);
papa="1.1.1.2";
source="papaa";
strncpy(s.data1, papa, strlen(papa)+1);
strncpy(s.src, source, strlen(source)+1);
if ((ret = dbp->put(dbp, NULL, &key,&data,0)) == 0)
printf("db: %d: key stored.\n", *(int *)key.data);
else
{
dbp->err(dbp, ret, "DB->put");
goto err;
}
recno = 11;
strncpy(s.data1, papa, strlen(papa)+1);
strncpy(s.src, source, strlen(source)+1);
memset(&key, 0, sizeof(key));
memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
//memset(&s, 0, sizeof(struct pearson_record));
key.data = &recno;
key.size = sizeof(recno);
data.data = &s;
data.size = sizeof(s);
papa="1.1.1.2";
source="papaa";
strncpy(s.data1, papa, strlen(papa)+1);
strncpy(s.src, source, strlen(source)+1);
if ((ret = dbp->put(dbp, NULL, &key,&data,0)) == 0)
printf("db: %d: key stored.\n", *(int *)key.data);
else
{
dbp->err(dbp, ret, "DB->put");
goto err;
}
pearson_record *ppr;
if ((ret = dbp->get(dbp, NULL, &key, &data, DB_SET_RECNO)) == 0) {
ppr = (pearson_record *) data.data;
printf("db: %d: key retrieved: data was %s,%s. %d\n",
*(int *)key.data, ppr->data1,ppr->src, data.size);
}
else {
dbp->err(dbp, ret, "DB->get");
goto err;
}
if ((ret = dbp->get(dbp, NULL, &key, &data, DB_SET_RECNO)) == 0) {
ppr = (pearson_record *) data.data;
printf("db: %d: key retrieved: data was %s,%s. %d\n",
*(int *)key.data, ppr->data1,ppr->src, data.size);
}
else {
dbp->err(dbp, ret, "DB->get");
goto err;
}
err: if ((t_ret = dbp->close(dbp, 0)) != 0 && ret == 0)
ret = t_ret;
exit(ret);
}

Answer 1

A quick glance at the documentation for DB->get says: "For DB_SET_RECNO to be specified, the underlying database must be of type Btree, and it must have been created with the DB_RECNUM flag."
It doesn't look like you created the database with that flag. I haven't looked through the rest of your code, but that's one obvious place that needs to be fixed.
You can also ask these questions on the online Berkeley DB forum.
Regards,
Dave