[Python-Dev] Incorporating bsddb3

[Martin v. Loewis]

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> There's also the issue of upgrading.  Suppose someone has created a
> database using bsddb in Python 2.2.  When they upgrade to Python 2.3,
> they'll get an exception when they open the database, because
> Sleepycat DB 4.x can't open BSD DB 1.85 databases.  What do we tell
> them to do?

Whether this happens somewhat depends on the system. On Linux, it
won't happen, since people likely have been using Sleepycat DB,
anyway, through db_185.h.

If they really use DB 1.85 (i.e. on Windows), they need to use
db_dump/db_load.

Regards,
Martin