Mnesia

User's Guide

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Chapters

• Introduction
  • Top of chapter
  • Scope
  • Prerequisites
• Mnesia
  • Top of chapter
  • Mnesia Database Management System (DBMS)
• Getting Started
  • Top of chapter
  • Starting Mnesia for the First Time
  • Example
• Build a Mnesia Database
  • Top of chapter
  • Define a Schema
  • Data Model
  • Start Mnesia
  • Create Tables
• Transactions and Other Access Contexts
  • Top of chapter
  • Transaction Properties
  • Locking
  • Dirty Operations
  • Record Names versus Table Names
  • Activity Concept and Various Access Contexts
  • Nested Transactions
  • Pattern Matching
  • Iteration
• Miscellaneous Mnesia Features
  • Top of chapter
  • Indexing
  • Distribution and Fault Tolerance
  • Table Fragmentation
  • Local Content Tables
  • Disc-Less Nodes
  • More about Schema Management
  • Mnesia Event Handling
  • Debugging Mnesia Applications
  • Concurrent Processes in Mnesia
  • Prototyping
  • Object-Based Programming with Mnesia
• Mnesia System Information
  • Top of chapter
  • Database Configuration Data
  • Core Dumps
  • Dumping Tables
  • Checkpoints
  • Startup Files, Log File, and Data Files
  • Loading Tables at Startup
  • Recovery from Communication Failure
  • Recovery of Transactions
  • Backup, Restore, Fallback, and Disaster Recovery
• Combine Mnesia with SNMP
  • Top of chapter
  • Combine Mnesia and SNMP
• Appendix A: Backup Callback Interface
  • Top of chapter
  • mnesia_backup Callback Behavior
• Appendix B: Activity Access Callback Interface
  • Top of chapter
  • mnesia_access Callback Behavior
• Appendix C: Fragmented Table Hashing Callback Interface
  • Top of chapter
  • mnesia_frag_hash Callback Behavior

Mnesia User's Guide

Version 4.16.2

September 24, 2026