<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Preface</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="apiReference.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Berkeley DB C API Reference" /> <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Berkeley DB C API Reference" /> <link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="Berkeley DB C API Reference" /> <link rel="next" href="moreinfo.html" title="For More Information" /> </head> <body> <div xmlns="" class="navheader"> <div class="libver"> <p>Library Version 11.2.5.3</p> </div> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">Preface</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center"> </th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="moreinfo.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="preface" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title"><a id="preface"></a>Preface</h2> </div> </div> </div> <p> Welcome to Berkeley DB 11<span class="emphasis"><em>g</em></span> Release 2 (DB). This document describes the <span>C</span> API for DB library version 11.2.5.3. It is intended to describe the DB API, including all classes, methods, and functions. As such, this document is intended for <span>C</span> developers who are actively writing or maintaining applications that make use of DB databases. </p> <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="conventions"></a>Conventions Used in this Book</h2> </div> </div> </div> <p> The following typographical conventions are used within in this manual: </p> <p> Structure names are represented in <code class="classname">monospaced font</code>, as are <code class="methodname">method names</code>. For example: "<code class="methodname">DB->open()</code> is a method on a <code class="classname">DB</code> handle." </p> <p> Variable or non-literal text is presented in <span class="emphasis"><em>italics</em></span>. For example: "Go to your <span class="emphasis"><em>DB_INSTALL</em></span> directory." </p> <p> Program examples are displayed in a <code class="classname">monospaced font</code> on a shaded background. For example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">/* File: gettingstarted_common.h */ typedef struct stock_dbs { DB *inventory_dbp; /* Database containing inventory information */ DB *vendor_dbp; /* Database containing vendor information */ char *db_home_dir; /* Directory containing the database files */ char *inventory_db_name; /* Name of the inventory database */ char *vendor_db_name; /* Name of the vendor database */ } STOCK_DBS; </pre> <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <h3 class="title">Note</h3> <p> Finally, notes of interest are represented using a note block such as this. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="moreinfo.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Berkeley DB C API Reference </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> For More Information</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>