daniel.gottlieb reports that opening a cursor on an incomplete table drops core.
WT_CONNECTION *conn;
WT_CURSOR *cursor;
WT_SESSION *session;
(void)system("rm -rf WT_TEST && mkdir WT_TEST");
check(wiredtiger_open("WT_TEST", NULL, "create", &conn));
check(conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session));
check(session->create(session,
"table:poptable",
"key_format=r,value_format=5sHQ,"
"columns=(id,country,year,population),"
"colgroups=(main,population)"));
check(session->open_cursor(session,
"table:poptable(country)", NULL, NULL, &cursor));