Welcome to Berkeley DB (DB) 18 Release 18.1 (which provides library version 18.1.40). This book describes the DB Tcl API, including all classes, methods, and functions. As such, this document is intended for Tcl developers who are actively writing or maintaining applications that make use of DB databases.
The following typographical conventions are used within in this manual:
Structure names are represented in monospaced font
, as are
method names
. For example:
"berkdb open()
is a method
on a DB
handle."
Variable or non-literal text is presented in italics. For example: "Go to your DB_INSTALL directory."
Program examples are displayed in a monospaced font
on a shaded background.
For example:
db put -append [-partial {doff dlen}] [-txn txnid] data db put [-nooverwrite] [-partial {doff dlen}] [-txn txnid] key data
Finally, notes of interest are represented using a note block such as this.
Beyond this manual, you may also find the following sources of information useful when building a DB application:
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