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This book describes the concepts surrounding replication, the scenarios under which you 62 might choose to use it, and the architectural requirements that a replication application has over a 63 transactional application. 64 </p> 65 <p> 66 This book is aimed at the software engineer responsible for writing a 67 replicated DB application. 68 </p> 69 <p> 70 This book assumes that you have already read and understood the 71 concepts contained in the 72 <span><i class="citetitle">Berkeley DB Getting Started with Transaction Processing</i> guide.</span> 73 74 </p> 75 <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 76 <div class="titlepage"> 77 <div> 78 <div> 79 <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="conventions"></a>Conventions Used in this Book</h2> 80 </div> 81 </div> 82 <div></div> 83 </div> 84 <p> 85 The following typographical conventions are used within in this manual: 86 </p> 87 <p> 88 Structure names are represented in <tt class="classname">monospaced font</tt>, as are <tt class="methodname">method 89 names</tt>. For example: "<tt class="methodname">DB->open()</tt> is a method 90 on a <tt class="classname">DB</tt> handle." 91 </p> 92 <p> 93 Variable or non-literal text is presented in <span class="emphasis"><em>italics</em></span>. For example: "Go to your 94 <span class="emphasis"><em>DB_INSTALL</em></span> directory." 95 </p> 96 <p> 97 Program examples are displayed in a <tt class="classname">monospaced font</tt> on a shaded background. 98 For example: 99 </p> 100 <pre class="programlisting">/* File: gettingstarted_common.h */ 101typedef struct stock_dbs { 102 DB *inventory_dbp; /* Database containing inventory information */ 103 DB *vendor_dbp; /* Database containing vendor information */ 104 105 char *db_home_dir; /* Directory containing the database files */ 106 char *inventory_db_name; /* Name of the inventory database */ 107 char *vendor_db_name; /* Name of the vendor database */ 108} STOCK_DBS; </pre> 109 <p> 110 In some situations, programming examples are updated from one chapter to the next. When 111 this occurs, the new code is presented in <b class="userinput"><tt>monospaced bold</tt></b> font. For example: 112 </p> 113 <pre class="programlisting">typedef struct stock_dbs { 114 DB *inventory_dbp; /* Database containing inventory information */ 115 DB *vendor_dbp; /* Database containing vendor information */ 116 <b class="userinput"><tt>DB *itemname_sdbp; /* Index based on the item name index */</tt></b> 117 char *db_home_dir; /* Directory containing the database files */ 118 <b class="userinput"><tt>char *itemname_db_name; /* Itemname secondary database */</tt></b> 119 char *inventory_db_name; /* Name of the inventory database */ 120 char *vendor_db_name; /* Name of the vendor database */ 121} STOCK_DBS; </pre> 122 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> 123 <h3 class="title">Note</h3> 124 <p> 125 Finally, notes of special interest are represented using a note block such 126 as this. 127 </p> 128 </div> 129 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 130 <div class="titlepage"> 131 <div> 132 <div> 133 <h3 class="title"><a id="moreinfo"></a>For More Information</h3> 134 </div> 135 </div> 136 <div></div> 137 </div> 138 <p> 139 Beyond this manual, you may also find the following sources of information useful when building a 140 transactional DB application: 141 </p> 142 <div class="itemizedlist"> 143 <ul type="disc"> 144 <li> 145 <p> 146 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg_txn/C/index.html" target="_top"> 147 Getting Started with Transaction Processing for C 148 </a> 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 </p> 156 </li> 157 <li> 158 <p> 159 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg/C/index.html" target="_top"> 160 Getting Started with Berkeley DB for C 161 </a> 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 </p> 170 </li> 171 <li> 172 <p> 173 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/ref/toc.html" target="_top"> 174 Berkeley DB Programmer's Reference Guide 175 </a> 176 </p> 177 </li> 178 <li> 179 <p> 180 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/api_c/frame.html" target="_top"> 181 Berkeley DB C API 182 </a> 183 184 185 </p> 186 </li> 187 </ul> 188 </div> 189 </div> 190 </div> 191 </div> 192 <div class="navfooter"> 193 <hr /> 194 <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> 195 <tr> 196 <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>��</td> 197 <td width="20%" align="center"> 198 <a accesskey="u" href="index.html">Up</a> 199 </td> 200 <td width="40%" align="right">��<a accesskey="n" href="introduction.html">Next</a></td> 201 </tr> 202 <tr> 203 <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Getting Started with Replicated Berkeley DB Applications��</td> 204 <td width="20%" align="center"> 205 <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> 206 </td> 207 <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">��Chapter��1.��Introduction</td> 208 </tr> 209 </table> 210 </div> 211 </body> 212</html> 213