<!--$Id: stat.so,v 10.22 2007/12/07 21:35:23 bostic Exp $--> <!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Database statistics</title> <meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> <meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> </head> <body bgcolor=white> <a name="2"><!--meow--></a> <table width="100%"><tr valign=top> <td><b><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>Access Methods</dl></b></td> <td align=right><a href="../am/delete.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../am/truncate.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p align=center><b>Database statistics</b></p> <p>The <a href="../../api_c/db_stat.html">DB->stat</a> method returns a set of statistics about the underlying database, for example, the number of key/data pairs in the database, how the database was originally configured, and so on.</p> <p>There is a flag you can set to avoid time-consuming operations:</p> <br> <b><a href="../../api_c/db_stat.html#DB_FAST_STAT">DB_FAST_STAT</a></b><ul compact><li>Return only information that can be acquired without traversing the entire database.</ul> <br> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="../am/delete.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../am/truncate.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> </body> </html>