Please help me out. I've been staring at it for ten ages
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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <db_cxx.h>


Db db(NULL, 0);

u_int32_t oFlags = DB_CREATE;

class MyDb
{
public:
MyDb (std::string& path, std::string& dbName, bool isSecondary);
~MyDb() { } //close(); }

inline Db &getDb() { return db_; }

private:
Db db_;
std::string dbFileName_;
u_int32_t cFlags_;

MyDb() : db_(NULL, 0) { }

void close();
};

MyDb::MyDb (std::string &path, std::string &dbName,
bool isSecondary)
: db_(NULL, 0),
dbFileName_ (path + dbName),
cFlags_ (DB_CREATE)
{
try
{
db_.set_error_stream (&std::cerr);

if (isSecondary)
db_.set_flags (DB_DUPSORT);

db_.open(NULL, dbFileName_.c_str(), NULL, DB_BTREE, cFlags_,
0);
}
catch (DbException &e)
{
std::cerr << "Error opening database: " << dbFileName_ << "\n";
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
}
catch (std::exception &e)
{
std::cerr << "Error opening database: " << dbFileName_ << "\n";
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
}
}

void MyDb::close()
{

try
{
db_.close(0);
std::cout << "Database " << dbFileName_
<< " is closed." << std::endl;
}
catch (DbException &e)
{
std::cerr << "Error closing database: " << dbFileName_ << "\n";
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
}
catch (std::exception &e)
{
std::cerr << "Error closing database: " << dbFileName_ << "\n";
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
}

}





class Plumedata
{
private:
float m_CO;
float m_NOX;
float m_HC;
float m_CO2;
size_t bufLen_;
float *databuf_;
public:
inline void setCO(float co) { m_CO = co; }
inline void setNOX(float nox) { m_NOX = nox; }
inline void setHC (float hc) { m_HC = hc; }
inline void setCO2 (float co2) { m_CO2 = co2; }

inline float& getCO() { return m_CO; }
inline float& getNOX() { return m_NOX; }
inline float& getHC() { return m_HC; }
inline float& getCO2() { return m_CO2; }
inline void setBufferLen(size_t &len) { bufLen_ = len; }
inline size_t& getBufferSize() { return bufLen_; }
Plumedata() { clear();}// databuf_ = (float *) malloc(500); }
~Plumedata() { }
// Plumedata(void *buffer);


void clear();
float *getBuffer();
void show();
void load_database(MyDb& dataDB, std::string &dataFile);
int GetNextPound(std::string& , std::string&);
};


//void load_database (MyDb& dataDB, std::string &dataFile);

//void loadPlumeDB( MyDb &, std::string&);

using namespace std;


void Plumedata::clear()
{
m_CO = 0.0;
m_NOX = 0.0;
m_HC = 0.0;
m_CO2 = 0.0;
}

/////////////////////////////
// Get Data from buffer
/*Plumedata::Plumedata(void *buffer)
{
char *buf = (char *)buffer;


m_CO = *((float *)buf);
bufLen_ = sizeof(float);

m_NOX = *((float *)buf);
bufLen_ += sizeof(float);

m_HC = *((float *)buf);
bufLen_ += sizeof(float);

m_CO2 = *((float *)buf);
bufLen_ += sizeof(float);

setBufferLen (bufLen_);
}*/


/////////////////////////////////////////////
// Get Dataset from memory and put it in DB

float *Plumedata::getBuffer(void)
{
databuf_ = (float *)malloc (500);
memset( (float *)databuf_ ,(float) 0, 500 );
bufLen_ = 0;
int dataLen = 0;

dataLen = sizeof(float);
memcpy (databuf_, &m_CO, dataLen);
// bufLen_ += dataLen;
databuf_++;

memcpy (databuf_, &m_NOX, dataLen);
// bufLen_ += dataLen;
databuf_++;

memcpy (databuf_, &m_HC, dataLen);
// bufLen_ += dataLen;
databuf_++;

memcpy (databuf_, &m_CO2, dataLen);

return (databuf_);

}

void Plumedata::show()
{
std::cout << "\nCO: " << m_CO << std::endl;
std::cout << "NOX: " << m_NOX << std::endl;
std::cout << "HC: " << m_HC << std::endl;
std::cout << "CO2: " << m_CO2 << std::endl;
}


//////////////////////////////////////
// Load file from txt and store in DB

void Plumedata::load_database(MyDb& dataDB, std::string &dataFile)
{
// Load a text file into the plume.db
std::ifstream inFile (dataFile.c_str(), std::ios::in);
std::string substring;
if (!inFile)
{
std::cerr << "Could not open file '" << dataFile << "' Giving
up." << std::endl;
throw std::exception();
}
Plumedata my_Plume;
while (!inFile.eof())
{
std::string stringBuf;
std::getline (inFile, stringBuf);
memset (&my_Plume, 0, sizeof(Plumedata));

// sscanf (stringBuf.c_str(),
"%20[^#]#%20[^#]#%20[^#]#%20[^\n]",
// my_Plume.m_CO, my_Plume.m_CO2, my_Plume.m_HC,
my_Plume.m_NOX);
int nextpound;

if (!stringBuf.empty())
{
nextpound = GetNextPound(stringBuf, substring);
my_Plume.setCO(atof(substring.c_str()));

nextpound = GetNextPound(stringBuf, substring);
my_Plume.setCO2 (atof(substring.c_str()));

nextpound = GetNextPound(stringBuf, substring);
my_Plume.setHC(atof(substring.c_str()));

nextpound = GetNextPound(stringBuf, substring);
my_Plume.setNOX(atof(substring.c_str()));



// Dbt key (&my_Plume.m_CO, sizeof(float)+1);
// Dbt data (&my_Plume, sizeof(Plumedata));
float buff = (float) my_Plume.getCO();
int size = sizeof(float);
Dbt key (&buff, size);


float *buff2 = new float[500];
buff2 = (float *)my_Plume.getBuffer();
size = my_Plume.getBufferSize();
Dbt data (buff2, size);



dataDB.getDb().put(NULL, &key, &data, 0); // stream error
}
inFile.close();
}
}

int Plumedata::GetNextPound(std::string &theString, std::string
&substring)
{
int pos = theString.find("#");
substring.assign (theString, 0, pos);
theString.assign (theString, pos+1, theString.size());
return (pos);
}

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
std::string basename("./");
std::string databasehome("./");
float reading = 1.1;
std::string txtfile = "./try.txt";
// float NOX;

std::string pDbName("./Plumedb.db");
Plumedata *pdata;
Dbt data, key;

key.set_data(&reading);
key.set_ulen(sizeof(float));
key.set_flags (DB_DBT_USERMEM);
MyDb plumeDB (databasehome, pDbName, false);
pdata = new Plumedata();
try
{

// Put record in and then try loading it
pdata->load_database(plumeDB, txtfile);

db.get(NULL, &key, &data, 0);

pdata = (Plumedata *) data.get_data();

// std::cout << pdata << std::endl;

// Get Data from memory
pdata->show();
} catch (DbException& e) {
std::cerr << "Error reading database. " << std::endl;
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
return (e.get_errno());
} catch (std::exception &e) {
std::cerr << "Error reading database. " << std::endl;
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
return (-1);
}
return 0;




}