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| author | Keith Bostic <keith@wiredtiger.com> | 2013-07-09 17:28:39 -0400 |
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| committer | Keith Bostic <keith@wiredtiger.com> | 2013-07-09 17:28:39 -0400 |
| commit | 654b9c2b932df7b5e48a52265935ccb3580d92d9 (patch) | |
| tree | e1e4892a4f59901647ba58a79b57c28ff17516ab | |
| parent | 7580c8186e15f1e2e45798bc06c68711b61abc29 (diff) | |
| download | mongo-654b9c2b932df7b5e48a52265935ccb3580d92d9.tar.gz | |
Document that setting LC_ALL=C is a good idea when pre-sorting keys for
bulk load. Reference #590.
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diff --git a/src/docs/bulk-load.dox b/src/docs/bulk-load.dox index f65e1f81ca0..11b334785f8 100644 --- a/src/docs/bulk-load.dox +++ b/src/docs/bulk-load.dox @@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ WT_CURSOR::close methods. When bulk-loading row-store objects, keys must be loaded in sorted order. +When using the \c sort utility on a Linux or other POSIX-like system to +pre-sort keys, the locale specified by the environment affects the sort +order and may not match the default sort order used by WiredTiger. Set +\c LC_ALL=C in the process' environment to configure the traditional sort +order that uses native byte values. + When bulk-loading fixed-length column store objects, the \c bulk configuration string value \c bitmap allows chunks of a memory resident bitmap to be loaded directly into an object by passing a WT_ITEM to |