Chapter 8. Upgrading Berkeley DB 4.1 applications to Berkeley DB 4.2

Table of Contents

Introduction
Java
Queue access method
DB_CHKSUM_SHA1
DB_CLIENT
DB->del
DB->set_cache_priority
DB->verify
DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED
Replication
Replication initialization
Database methods and replication clients
DB_ENV->rep_process_message()
Client replication environments
Tcl API
Upgrade Requirements
Berkeley DB 4.2.52 Change Log
Database or Log File On-Disk Format Changes:
New Features:
Database Environment Changes:
Concurrent Data Store Changes:
General Access Method Changes:
Btree Access Method Changes:
Hash Access Method Changes:
Queue Access Method Changes:
Recno Access Method Changes:
C++-specific API Changes:
Java-specific API Changes:
Tcl-specific API Changes:
RPC-specific Client/Server Changes:
Replication Changes:
XA Resource Manager Changes:
Locking Subsystem Changes:
Logging Subsystem Changes:
Memory Pool Subsystem Changes:
Transaction Subsystem Changes:
Utility Changes:
Configuration, Documentation, Portability and Build Changes:

Introduction

The following pages describe how to upgrade applications coded against the Berkeley DB 4.1 release interfaces to the Berkeley DB 4.2 release interfaces. This information does not describe how to upgrade Berkeley DB 1.85 release applications.