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+# Public Domain 2014-2015 MongoDB, Inc.
+# Public Domain 2008-2014 WiredTiger, Inc.
+#
+# This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
+#
+# Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
+# distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
+# binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
+# means.
+#
+# In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
+# of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
+# software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
+# of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
+# successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
+# relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
+# software under copyright law.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+# IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
+# OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+# ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+# OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+from wiredtiger import wiredtiger_open
+
+# Connect to the database and open a session
+conn = wiredtiger_open('WT_TEST', 'create')
+session = conn.open_session()
+
+# Create a simple table
+session.create('table:T', 'key_format=S,value_format=S')
+
+# Open a cursor and insert a record
+cursor = session.open_cursor('table:T', None)
+
+cursor.set_key('key1')
+cursor.set_value('value1')
+cursor.insert()
+
+# Iterate through the records
+cursor.reset()
+for key, value in cursor:
+    print('Got record: ' + key + ' : ' + value)
+
+conn.close()