Welcome to Berkeley DB (DB). This document describes the C++ API for DB, version 4.8. It is intended to describe the DB API, including all classes, methods, and functions. As such, this document is intended for C++ developers who are actively writing or maintaining applications that make use of DB databases.

Conventions Used in this Book

The following typographical conventions are used within in this manual:

Class names are represented in monospaced font, as are method names. For example: "Db::open() is a Db class method."

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:

typedef struct vendor {
    char name[MAXFIELD];             // Vendor name
    char street[MAXFIELD];           // Street name and number
    char city[MAXFIELD];             // City
    char state[3];                   // Two-digit US state code
    char zipcode[6];                 // US zipcode
    char phone_number[13];           // Vendor phone number
} VENDOR; 

For More Information

Beyond this manual, you may also find the following sources of information useful when building a DB application: