<!--$Id: intro.html,v 1.2 2004/03/30 01:22:58 jtownsen Exp $--> <!--Copyright 1997-2003 by Sleepycat Software, Inc.--> <!--All rights reserved.--> <!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Introduction</title> <meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> <meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,b+tree,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> </head> <body bgcolor=white> <a name="2"><!--meow--></a> <table width="100%"><tr valign=top> <td><h3><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>Simple Tutorial</dl></h3></td> <td align=right><a href="../intro/products.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../simple_tut/keydata.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p> <h3 align=center>Introduction</h3> <p>As an introduction to Berkeley DB, we will present a few Berkeley DB programming concepts, and then a simple database application.</p> <p>The programming concepts are:</p> <p><ul type=disc> <li><a href="keydata.html">Key/data pairs</a> <li><a href="handles.html">Object handles</a> <li><a href="errors.html">Error returns</a> </ul> <p>This database application will:</p> <p><ul type=disc> <li><a href="open.html">Create a simple database</a> <li><a href="put.html">Store items</a> <li><a href="get.html">Retrieve items</a> <li><a href="del.html">Remove items</a> <li><a href="close.html">Close the database</a> </ul> <p>The introduction will be presented using the programming language C. The <a href="example.cs">complete source</a> of the final version of the example program is included in the Berkeley DB distribution.</p> <table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="../intro/products.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../simple_tut/keydata.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1><a href="../../sleepycat/legal.html">Copyright (c) 1996-2003</a> <a href="http://www.sleepycat.com">Sleepycat Software, Inc.</a> - All rights reserved.</font> </body> </html>