<!--$Id: disk.so,v 1.5 2007/06/14 18:31:18 bostic Exp $--> <!--Copyright (c) 1997,2007 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Release 4.6: upgrade requirements</title> <meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> <meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> </head> <body bgcolor=white> <table width="100%"><tr valign=top> <td><h3><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>Upgrading Berkeley DB Applications</dl></h3></td> <td align=right><a href="../upgrade.4.6/win.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../test/run.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p> <h3 align=center>Release 4.6: upgrade requirements</h3> <p>The log file format changed in the Berkeley DB 4.6 release.</p> <p>The format of Hash database pages was changed in the Berkeley DB 4.6 release, and items are now stored in sorted order. <b>The format changes are entirely backward-compatible, and no database upgrades are needed.</b> However, upgrading existing databases can offer significant performance improvements. Note that databases created using the 4.1 release may not be usable with earlier Berkeley DB releases.</p> <p>For further information on upgrading Berkeley DB installations, see <a href="../../ref/upgrade/process.html">Upgrading Berkeley DB installations</a>.</p> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="../upgrade.4.6/win.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../test/run.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2007 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> </body> </html>