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<dt>
<span class="preface">
<a href="preface.html">Preface</a>
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<dt>
<span class="sect1">
<a href="preface.html#conventions">Conventions Used in this Book</a>
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<span class="sect2">
<a href="preface.html#moreinfo">For More Information</a>
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<dt>
<span class="chapter">
<a href="introduction.html">1. Introduction</a>
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<dt>
<span class="sect1">
<a href="introduction.html#txnintro">Transaction Benefits</a>
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<dt>
<span class="sect1">
<a href="sysfailure.html">A Note on System Failure</a>
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<dt>
<span class="sect1">
<a href="apireq.html">Application Requirements</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="multithread-intro.html">Multi-threaded
<span>and Multi-process</span>
Applications</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="recovery-intro.html">Recoverability</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="perftune-intro.html">Performance Tuning</a>
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<span class="chapter">
<a href="enabletxn.html">2. Enabling Transactions</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="enabletxn.html#environments">Environments</a>
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<span class="sect2">
<a href="enabletxn.html#filenaming">File Naming</a>
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<span class="sect2">
<a href="enabletxn.html#errorsupport">Error Support</a>
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<span class="sect2">
<a href="enabletxn.html#sharedmemory">Shared Memory Regions</a>
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<span class="sect2">
<a href="enabletxn.html#security">Security Considerations</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="envopen.html">Opening a Transactional Environment and
<span>Store or Database</span>
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<span class="chapter">
<a href="usingtxns.html">3. Transaction Basics</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="usingtxns.html#commitresults">Committing a Transaction</a>
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<span class="sect2">
<a href="usingtxns.html#nodurabletxn">Non-Durable Transactions</a>
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<a href="abortresults.html">Aborting a Transaction</a>
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<a href="autocommit.html">Auto Commit</a>
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<a href="nestedtxn.html">Nested Transactions</a>
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<a href="txncursor.html">Transactional Cursors</a>
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<span class="sect2">
<a href="txncursor.html#dplcursors">Using Transactional DPL Cursors</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="txnindices.html">Secondary Indices with Transaction Applications</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="maxtxns.html">Configuring the Transaction Subsystem</a>
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<a href="txnconcurrency.html#concurrenthandles">Which DB Handles are Free-Threaded</a>
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<a href="blocking_deadlocks.html">Locks, Blocks, and Deadlocks</a>
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<a href="architectrecovery.html">Designing Your Application for Recovery</a>
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<a href="architectrecovery.html#multithreadrecovery">Recovery for Multi-Threaded Applications</a>
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<span class="sect2">
<a href="logconfig.html#logregionsize">Configuring the Logging Region Size</a>
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<span class="sect2">
<a href="logconfig.html#inmemorylogging">Configuring In-Memory Logging</a>
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<a href="logconfig.html#logbuffer">Setting the In-Memory Log Buffer Size</a>
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<a href="wrapup.html">6. Summary and Examples</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="wrapup.html#anatomy">Anatomy of a Transactional Application</a>
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<a href="txnexample_java.html">Base API Transaction Example</a>
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<a href="txnexample_java.html#dbwriter">DBWriter.java</a>
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<a href="txnexample_dpl.html#txnguideexample_dpl">TxnGuide.java</a>
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<a href="txnexample_dpl.html#payloaddataentity">PayloadDataEntity.java</a>
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<a href="txnexample_dpl.html#storewriter">StoreWriter.java</a>
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