### Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Access Methods |

# Access method operations

Once a database handle has been created using db_create, there are several standard access method operations. Each of these operations is performed using a method that is referenced from the returned handle. The operations are as follows:

DB->close
  Close the database
DB->cursor
  Open a cursor into the database
DB->del
  Delete a record
DB->get
  Retrieve a record
DB->open
  Open a database
DB->put
  Store a record
DB->stat
  Return statistics about the database
DB->sync
  Flush the underlying cache
DB->upgrade
  Upgrade a database

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