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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
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<title>Environments</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="gettingStarted.css" type="text/css" />
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<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.62.4" />
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<link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Getting Started with Berkeley DB" />
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<div class="navheader">
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<table width="100%" summary="Navigation header">
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<tr>
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<th colspan="3" align="center">Environments</th>
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<tr>
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<td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="databaseLimits.html">Prev</a> </td>
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<th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 1. Introduction to Berkeley DB </th>
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<td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="coreExceptions.html">Next</a></td>
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<div class="titlepage">
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<div>
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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="environments"></a>Environments</h2>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div></div>
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</div>
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<p>
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This manual is meant as an introduction to the Berkeley DB library.
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Consequently, it describes how to build a very simple, single-threaded
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application. Consequently, this manual omits a great many powerful
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aspects of the DB database engine that are not required by simple
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applications. One of these is important enough that it warrants a brief
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overview here: environments.
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</p>
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<p>
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While environments are frequently not used by applications running in
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embedded environments where every byte counts, they will be used by
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virtually any other DB application requiring anything other than
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the bare minimum functionality. An <span class="emphasis"><em>environment</em></span> is
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essentially an encapsulation of one or more databases. Essentially, you
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open an environment and then you open databases in that environment.
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When you do so, the databases are created/located in a location relative
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to the environment's home directory.
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</p>
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<p>
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Environments offer a great many features that a stand-alone DB
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database cannot offer:
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</p>
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<div class="itemizedlist">
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>
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<p>
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Multi-database files.
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</p>
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<p>
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It is possible in DB to contain multiple databases in a
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single physical file on disk. This is desirable for those
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application that open more than a few handful of databases.
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However, in order to have more than one database contained in
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a single physical file, your application
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<span class="emphasis"><em>must</em></span> use an environment.
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</p>
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<li>
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<p>
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Multi-thread and multi-process support
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</p>
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<p>
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When you use an environment, resources such as the in-memory
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cache and locks can be shared by all of the databases opened in the
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environment. The environment allows you to enable
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subsystems that are designed to allow multiple threads and/or
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processes to access DB databases. For example, you use an
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environment to enable the concurrent data store (CDS), the
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locking subsystem, and/or the shared memory buffer pool.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Transactional processing
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</p>
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<p>
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DB offers a transactional subsystem that allows for full
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ACID-protection of your database writes. You use environments to
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enable the transactional subsystem, and then subsequently to obtain
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transaction IDs.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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High availability (replication) support
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</p>
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<p>
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DB offers a replication subsystem that enables
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single-master database replication with multiple read-only
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copies of the replicated data. You use environments to enable
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and then manage this subsystem.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Logging subsystem
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</p>
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<p>
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DB offers write-ahead logging for applications that want to
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obtain a high-degree of recoverability in the face of an
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application or system crash. Once enabled, the logging subsystem
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allows the application to perform two kinds of recovery
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("normal" and "catastrophic") through the use of the information
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contained in the log files.
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</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<p>
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For more information on these topics, see the
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<i class="citetitle">Berkeley DB Getting Started with Transaction Processing</i> guide and the
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<i class="citetitle">Berkeley DB Getting Started with Replicated Applications</i> guide.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="navfooter">
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<hr />
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<table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer">
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<tr>
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<td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="databaseLimits.html">Prev</a> </td>
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<td width="20%" align="center">
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<a accesskey="u" href="introduction.html">Up</a>
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</td>
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<td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="coreExceptions.html">Next</a></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Database Limits and Portability </td>
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<td width="20%" align="center">
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<a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a>
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</td>
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<td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Exception Handling</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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</body>
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</html>
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