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Berkeley DB

by Sleepycat™ Software, Inc.
June 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
688 pages
19h 18m
English
Sams
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Db.set_re_source

						import com.sleepycat.db.*;
						public void set_re_source(String re_source)
						throws DbException;
					

Description

Set the underlying source file for the Recno access method. The purpose of the re_source value is to provide fast access and modification to databases that are normally stored as flat text files.

If the re_source field is set, it specifies an underlying flat text database file that is read to initialize a transient record number index. In the case of variable length records, the records are separated as specified by Db.set_re_delim. For example, standard UNIX byte stream files can be interpreted as a sequence of variable length records separated by <newline> characters.

In addition, when cached data would normally be written ...

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