#include <db.h>

int
DB->get_lorder(DB *db, int *lorderp);  

The DB->get_lorder() method returns the database byte order; a byte order of 4,321 indicates a big endian order, and a byte order of 1,234 indicates a little endian order. This value is set using the DB->set_lorder() method.

The DB->get_lorder() method may be called at any time during the life of the application.

The DB->get_lorder() method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.