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+// -*- mode:C++; tab-width:8; c-basic-offset:2; indent-tabs-mode:t -*-
+// vim: ts=8 sw=2 smarttab ft=cpp
+
+/*
+ * Ceph - scalable distributed file system
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation. See file COPYING.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "common/dout.h"
+#include "connection.h"
+#include "error.h"
+
+namespace rgw::dbstore::sqlite {
+
+db_ptr open_database(const char* filename, int flags)
+{
+ sqlite3* db = nullptr;
+ const int result = ::sqlite3_open_v2(filename, &db, flags, nullptr);
+ if (result != SQLITE_OK) {
+ throw std::system_error(result, sqlite::error_category());
+ }
+ // request extended result codes
+ (void) ::sqlite3_extended_result_codes(db, 1);
+ return db_ptr{db};
+}
+
+} // namespace rgw::dbstore::sqlite