diff --git a/test.rb b/test.rb
index 5a25f44..3c92c1d 100755
--- a/test.rb
+++ b/test.rb
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@ require 'bdb2'
 
 50.times {|n|
   db=Bdb::Db.new
-  db.open("dbtest.db",nil,Bdb::Db::BTREE,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
-  db.put(n.to_s,"ploppy #{n} #{Time.now}",0)
+  db.open(nil,"dbtest.db",nil,Bdb::Db::BTREE,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
+  db.put(nil,n.to_s,"ploppy #{n} #{Time.now}",0)
   db.close(0)
 }
 db=Bdb::Db.new
-db.open("dbtest.db",nil,nil,nil,0)
+db.open(nil,"dbtest.db",nil,nil,nil,0)
 500.times {|n|
-  db.put(n.to_s,"ploppy #{n}",0)
+  db.put(nil,n.to_s,"ploppy #{n}",0)
 }
 db.close(0)
 
 db=Bdb::Db.new
-db.open("dbtest.db",nil,nil,nil,0)
-dbc=db.cursor(0)
+db.open(nil,"dbtest.db",nil,nil,nil,0)
+dbc=db.cursor(nil,0)
 puts("cursor is: "+dbc.inspect.to_s)
 kv=dbc.get(nil,nil,Bdb::DB_FIRST);
 puts("first data is: " + kv.inspect.to_s)
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ dbc.close
 db.close(0)
 
 db=Bdb::Db.new
-db.open("dbtest.db",nil,nil,nil,0)
+db.open(nil,"dbtest.db",nil,nil,nil,0)
 5.times {|n|
-  $stdout.puts(db.get(n.to_s,0))
+  $stdout.puts(db.get(nil,n.to_s,nil,0))
   begin
     db.del(n.to_s,0)
   rescue
   end
 }
 5.times {|n|
-  v=db.get(n.to_s,0)
+  v=db.get(nil,n.to_s,nil,0)
   if v
     $stdout.puts("For #{n}:" + v)
   else
@@ -68,90 +68,63 @@ File.delete('db1.db') if File.exist?('db1.db')
 File.delete('db2.db') if File.exist?('db2.db')
 
 db=Bdb::Db.new
-db.open("db1.db",nil,Bdb::Db::HASH,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
+db.open(nil,"db1.db",nil,Bdb::Db::HASH,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
 
 db2=Bdb::Db.new
 db2.flags=Bdb::DB_DUPSORT
-db2.open("db2.db",nil,Bdb::Db::HASH,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
+db2.open(nil,"db2.db",nil,Bdb::Db::HASH,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
 
-db.associate(db2,0,
+db.associate(nil,db2,0,
              proc {|sdb,key,data|
                key.split('-')[0]
              })
 
-c=0
-File.open("skus") {|fd|
-  tlen=fd.stat.size
-  pf=tlen/10
-  pl=0
-  fd.each do |line|
-    c+=1
-    if c%1000==0
-      $stderr.print('.') 
-      cp=fd.pos
-      if ( cp/pf > pl )
-        pl=cp/pf
-        $stderr.print(" #{pl*10}% ")
+def write_data(db)
+  c=0
+  IO.popen("gzip -dc skus.gz") {|fd|
+    tlen=fd.stat.size
+    pf=tlen/10
+    pl=0
+    fd.each do |line|
+      c+=1
+      if c%1000==0
+        $stderr.print('.') 
       end
+      line.chomp!
+      n=line*50 # multiply the amount of data written
+      isbn,item=line.split('|')[0..1]
+      sku="%s-%03d"%[isbn,item]
+      db.put(nil,sku,line,0)
     end
-    line.chomp!
-    n=line*50
-    isbn,item=line.split('|')[0..1]
-    sku="%s-%03d"%[isbn,item]
-    db.put(sku,line,0)
-  end
-}
-$stderr.print("\ntotal count: #{c}\n")
+  } if File.exist?("skus.gz")
+  $stderr.print("\ntotal count: #{c}\n")
+end
+
+write_data(db)
 
 db2.close(0)
 db.close(0)
 
 $stderr.puts("test environment")
 
-env=Bdb::Env.new
+env=Bdb::Env.new(0)
 env.cachesize=25*1024*1024;
 env.open(".",Bdb::DB_INIT_CDB|Bdb::DB_INIT_MPOOL|Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
 
 db=env.db
-db.open("db1.db",nil,Bdb::Db::HASH,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
+db.open(nil,"db1.db",nil,Bdb::Db::HASH,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
 
 db2=env.db
 db2.flags=Bdb::DB_DUPSORT
-db2.open("db2.db",nil,Bdb::Db::HASH,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
+db2.open(nil,"db2.db",nil,Bdb::Db::HASH,Bdb::DB_CREATE,0)
 
-db.associate(db2,0,
+db.associate(nil,db2,0,
              proc {|sdb,key,data|
                key.split('-')[0]
              })
-c=0
-File.open("skus") {|fd|
-  tlen=fd.stat.size
-  pf=tlen/10
-  pl=0
-  fd.each do |line|
-    c+=1
-    if c%1000==0
-      $stderr.print('.') 
-      cp=fd.pos
-      if ( cp/pf > pl )
-        pl=cp/pf
-        $stderr.print(" #{pl*10}% ")
-      end
-    end
-    line.chomp!
-    n=line*50
-    isbn,item=line.split('|')[0..1]
-    sku="%s-%03d"%[isbn,item]
-    db.put(sku,line,0)
-  end
-}
-$stderr.print("\ntotal count: #{c}\n")
+
+write_data(db)
 
 db2.close(0)
 db.close(0)
 env.close
-
-exit
-
-$stderr.puts(Rusage.get.inspect)
-$stderr.puts(`ps -up #{$$}`)