Working with Databases

A database is a collection of tables and a session may contain several different databases. A database handle may be required before any table or data operations may take place. The following are typical operations performed on a database:

• Allocate a database handle by calling ctdbAllocDatabase()
• Connect to a database by calling ctdbConnect()
• Perform table, index, field and record operations
• When done with the database, disconnect by calling ctdbDisconnect()
• Release the database handle by calling ctdbFreeDatabase()