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Welcome to Berkeley DB (DB). This document introduces
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<span>DB, version 4.7. </span>
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to provide a rapid introduction to the DB API set and related concepts. The goal of this document is
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to provide you with an efficient mechanism
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<span>C++</span>
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developers and senior software architects who are
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in-process data management solution.
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names</tt>. For example:
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<span>"<tt class="methodname">Db::open()</tt> is a
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<tt class="classname">Db</tt> class method."</span>
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Variable or non-literal text is presented in <span class="emphasis"><em>italics</em></span>. For example: "Go to your
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<span class="emphasis"><em>DB_INSTALL</em></span>
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char state[3]; // Two-digit US state code
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char zipcode[6]; // US zipcode
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DB application:
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<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg_txn/CXX/index.html" target="_top">
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Getting Started with Transaction Processing for C++
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<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg_db_rep/CXX/index.html" target="_top">
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Berkeley DB Getting Started with Replicated Applications for C++
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</a>
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</p>
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</li>
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/ref/toc.html" target="_top">
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Berkeley DB Programmer's Reference Guide
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</a>
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/api_cxx/frame.html" target="_top">
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Berkeley DB C++ API
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</a>
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