+/**
+ * tdb_parse_record - operate directly on data in the database.
+ * @tdb: the tdb context returned from tdb_open()
+ * @key: the key whose record we should hand to @parse
+ * @parse: the function to call for the data
+ * @p: the private pointer to hand to @parse (types must match).
+ *
+ * This avoids a copy for many cases, by handing you a pointer into
+ * the memory-mapped database. It also locks the record to prevent
+ * other accesses at the same time.
+ *
+ * Do not alter the data handed to parse()!
+ */
+#define tdb_parse_record(tdb, key, parse, p) \
+ tdb_parse_record_((tdb), (key), \
+ typesafe_cb_preargs(enum TDB_ERROR, (parse), (p), \
+ TDB_DATA, TDB_DATA), (p))
+
+enum TDB_ERROR tdb_parse_record_(struct tdb_context *tdb,
+ TDB_DATA key,
+ enum TDB_ERROR (*parse)(TDB_DATA key,
+ TDB_DATA data,
+ void *p),
+ void *p);
+
+/**
+ * tdb_get_seqnum - get a database sequence number
+ * @tdb: the tdb context returned from tdb_open()
+ *
+ * This returns a sequence number: any change to the database from a
+ * tdb context opened with the TDB_SEQNUM flag will cause that number
+ * to increment. Note that the incrementing is unreliable (it is done
+ * without locking), so this is only useful as an optimization.
+ *
+ * For example, you may have a regular database backup routine which
+ * does not operate if the sequence number is unchanged. In the
+ * unlikely event of a failed increment, it will be backed up next
+ * time any way.
+ *
+ * Returns an enum TDB_ERROR (ie. negative) on error.
+ */
+int64_t tdb_get_seqnum(struct tdb_context *tdb);
+