I use BTREE, and the key type is int, so is there a way to get the max
value easily? the question is I don't know the range, I just want to
know the range. thanks~

wanghui00 (AT) gmail (DOT) com writes:

Assuming your BTREE really sorts your ints the way you expect,
use a cursor->c_get with flag DB_LAST.

best regards
Patrick

thanks!
it works! but strangely, DB_LAST doesnot return the max one (near to
MAX), I didn't put records with DB_APPEND, why? need I sort the db
first?
anyway, if I try to get a larger value starting from it (the one got
from DB_LAST), I get the max value last.

The most likely cause is that you are using ints as keys on a little
endian machine. See this FAQ entry for more information:

http://dev.sleepycat.com/resources/faq_show.html?id=70

Regards,
Michael.