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Re^3: BerkeleyDB and a very large file

by Anonymous Monk
on Aug 22, 2008 at 07:41 UTC ( [id://706075]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: BerkeleyDB and a very large file
in thread BerkeleyDB and a very large file

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

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Re^4: BerkeleyDB and a very large file
by alexm (Chaplain) on Aug 22, 2008 at 23:05 UTC

    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.

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