DbEnv::set_thread_count()
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## DbEnv::set_thread_count()

    #include <db_cxx.h>

    int
    DbEnv::set_thread_count(u_int32_t count);

Declare an approximate number of threads in the database environment. This method allocates resources in your environment for the threads your application will use. If you fail to properly estimate the number of threads your application will use, your application will run out of resources and errors will be returned when the application attempts to start one too many threads.

The `DbEnv::set_thread_count()` method does not set the maximum number of threads but is used to determine memory sizing and the thread control block reclamation policy.

The `DbEnv::set_thread_count()` method must be called prior to opening the database environment. In addition, this method must be used with the DbEnv::failchk() method.

If a process invokes this method without the use of DbEnv::failchk() the program may be unable to allocate a thread control block. This is true of the standalone Berkeley DB utility programs.

If a process has not configured an is_alive function from the DbEnv::set_isalive() method, and then attempts to join a database environment configured for failure checking with the DbEnv::failchk(), DbEnv::set_thread_id(), DbEnv::set_isalive() and `DbEnv::set_thread_count()` methods, the program may be unable to allocate a thread control block and fail to join the environment. This is true of the standalone Berkeley DB utility programs. To avoid problems when using the standalone Berkeley DB utility programs with environments configured for failure checking, incorporate the utility's functionality directly in the application, or call the DbEnv::failchk() method before running the utility.

The database environment's thread count may also be configured using the environment's DB_CONFIG file. The syntax of the entry in that file is a single line with the string "set_thread_count", one or more whitespace characters, and the thread count. Because the DB_CONFIG file is read when the database environment is opened, it will silently overrule configuration done before that time.

The `DbEnv::set_thread_count()` method configures operations performed using the specified DbEnv handle, not all operations performed on the underlying database environment.

The `DbEnv::set_thread_count()` method may not be called after the DbEnv::open() method is called.

The `DbEnv::set_thread_count()` method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure, and returns 0 on success.

### Parameters

#### count

The count parameter is an approximate thread count for the database environment.

### Errors

The `DbEnv::set_thread_count()` method may fail and throw a DbException exception, encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of the following non-zero errors:

#### EINVAL

If the method was called after DbEnv::open() was called; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

### Class

DbEnv

### See Also

Database Environments and Related Methods

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