February 2006
Intermediate to advanced
648 pages
14h 53m
English
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dumbdbm
The dumbdbm module is a simple DBM-style database implemented in Python. It should only be used when no other DBM database modules are available.
open(filename [, flag [, mode]])Opens the database file filename. Note that filename should not include a suffix such as .dat or .dir. The returned database object behaves like a dictionary, as described in the “Introduction” section earlier in this chapter.
errorException raised for database-related errors other than KeyError.