Re^2: BerkeleyDB and a very large file

[alexm]

Another one, quite important: BerkeleyDB files are platform dependant, i.e. you cannot use a little-endian file on a big-endian platform and vice versa.

On the other hand, BerkeleyDB doesn't provide network support, it's file based only.

[Anonymous Monk]

BerkeleyDB files are platform dependant, i.e. you cannot use a little-endian file on a big-endian platform and vice versa.

Yes you can. http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/ref/am_misc/faq.html

[alexm]

Well, you might think they can be used, but this notice on the Selecting a byte order shows that they're not actually so usable:

It is important to note that the Berkeley DB access methods do no data conversion for application specified data. Key/data pairs written on a little-endian format architecture will be returned to the application exactly as they were written when retrieved on a big-endian format architecture.

Thus, if I'm getting it right, you can actually read a BerkeleyDB file from a different platform, but first you'll have to convert both keys and data to native form in order to use them.