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This document describes how to write replicated applications for
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Berkeley DB 11<span class="emphasis"><em>g</em></span> Release 2 (library version 11.2.5.3). The APIs used to
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implement replication in your application are described here. This
book describes the concepts surrounding replication, the scenarios
under which you might choose to use it, and the architectural
requirements that a replication application has over a
transactional application.
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This book is aimed at the software engineer responsible for writing a
replicated DB application.
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<span><em class="citetitle">Berkeley DB Getting Started with Transaction Processing</em> guide.</span>
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DB *inventory_dbp; /* Database containing inventory information */
DB *vendor_dbp; /* Database containing vendor information */
char *db_home_dir; /* Directory containing the database
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char *inventory_db_name; /* Name of the inventory database */
char *vendor_db_name; /* Name of the vendor database */
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DB *inventory_dbp; /* Database containing inventory information */
DB *vendor_dbp; /* Database containing vendor information */
<strong class="userinput"><code>DB *itemname_sdbp; /* Index based on the item name index */</code></strong>
char *db_home_dir; /* Directory containing the database
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<strong class="userinput"><code>char *itemname_db_name; /* Itemname secondary database */</code></strong>
char *inventory_db_name; /* Name of the inventory database */
char *vendor_db_name; /* Name of the vendor database */
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