using the bsddb from Python (missing docs!)

[vincent wehren]

Michele Simionato wrote:
> I was browsing through the source tree of Python 2.4b2 and in Lib/bsddb/test 
> I found a lot of interesting stuff. It seems that the support for the bsd
> database is much better than documented in the standard library
> http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/module-bsddb.html.
> There are tests for locking, transactions, join, etc.
> Is there some documentation anywhere? 
> I could infer what I need from the tests but maybe there is already
> some nice article on the net explaining everything I want to know and more
> ;-) OTOH, I do not find Python-centric documentation in the sleepycat web 
> site.
> 
>            Michele Simionato

The bsddb3 package has become part of the standard library as of 2.3, I 
believe. The docs for this "full blown" bsddb package are not (yet) part 
of Python docs, but off-site on http://pybsddb.sourceforge.net/bsddb3.html.

Slightly OT, but maybe of interest, is that the Python bsddb package 
allows you to use the full power of BerkeleyDB even if you decide to 
make your projects closed-source - should you have any licensing doubts.

Kind regards,

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Vincent Wehren