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Welcome to Berkeley DB 11<span class="emphasis"><em>g</em></span> Release 2 (DB).
This document describes the
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<pre class="programlisting">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; </pre>
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