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It is intended to describe how to 61 transaction protect your application's data. The APIs used to perform this task 62 are described here, as are the environment infrastructure and administrative tasks 63 required by a transactional application. This book also 64 describes multi-threaded <span>and 65 multi-process</span> DB applications and the requirements they 66 have for deadlock detection. 67 </p> 68 <p> 69 This book is aimed at the software engineer responsible for writing a 70 transactional DB application. 71 </p> 72 <p> 73 This book assumes that you have already read and understood the 74 concepts contained in the 75 <span><i class="citetitle">Getting Started with Berkeley DB</i> 76 guide.</span> 77 78 79 </p> 80 <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 81 <div class="titlepage"> 82 <div> 83 <div> 84 <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="conventions"></a>Conventions Used in this Book</h2> 85 </div> 86 </div> 87 <div></div> 88 </div> 89 <p> 90 The following typographical conventions are used within in this manual: 91 </p> 92 <p> 93 Class names are represented in <tt class="classname">monospaced font</tt>, as are <tt class="methodname">method 94 names</tt>. For example: 95 96 97 98 99 100 <span>"<tt class="methodname">DbEnv::open()</tt> is a 101 <tt class="classname">DbEnv</tt> class method."</span> 102 </p> 103 <p> 104 Variable or non-literal text is presented in <span class="emphasis"><em>italics</em></span>. For example: "Go to your 105 <span class="emphasis"><em>DB_INSTALL</em></span> directory." 106 </p> 107 <p> 108 Program examples are displayed in a <tt class="classname">monospaced font</tt> on a shaded background. 109 For example: 110 </p> 111 <pre class="programlisting">typedef struct vendor { 112 char name[MAXFIELD]; // Vendor name 113 char street[MAXFIELD]; // Street name and number 114 char city[MAXFIELD]; // City 115 char state[3]; // Two-digit US state code 116 char zipcode[6]; // US zipcode 117 char phone_number[13]; // Vendor phone number 118} VENDOR; </pre> 119 <p> 120 In some situations, programming examples are updated from one chapter to the next. When 121 this occurs, the new code is presented in <b class="userinput"><tt>monospaced bold</tt></b> font. For example: 122 </p> 123 <pre class="programlisting">typedef struct vendor { 124 char name[MAXFIELD]; // Vendor name 125 char street[MAXFIELD]; // Street name and number 126 char city[MAXFIELD]; // City 127 char state[3]; // Two-digit US state code 128 char zipcode[6]; // US zipcode 129 char phone_number[13]; // Vendor phone number 130 <b class="userinput"><tt>char sales_rep[MAXFIELD]; // Name of sales representative 131 char sales_rep_phone[MAXFIELD]; // Sales rep's phone number </tt></b> 132} VENDOR; </pre> 133 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> 134 <h3 class="title">Note</h3> 135 <p> 136 Finally, notes of special interest are represented using a note block such 137 as this. 138 </p> 139 </div> 140 <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> 141 <div class="titlepage"> 142 <div> 143 <div> 144 <h3 class="title"><a id="moreinfo"></a>For More Information</h3> 145 </div> 146 </div> 147 <div></div> 148 </div> 149 <p> 150 Beyond this manual, you may also find the following sources of information useful when building a 151 transactional DB application: 152 </p> 153 <div class="itemizedlist"> 154 <ul type="disc"> 155 <li> 156 <p> 157 158 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg/CXX/index.html" target="_top"> 159 Getting Started with Berkeley DB for C++ 160 </a> 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 </p> 168 </li> 169 <li> 170 <p> 171 172 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/gsg_db_rep/CXX/index.html" target="_top"> 173 Berkeley DB Getting Started with Replicated Applications for C++ 174 </a> 175 176 </p> 177 </li> 178 <li> 179 <p> 180 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/ref/toc.html" target="_top"> 181 Berkeley DB Programmer's Reference Guide 182 </a> 183 </p> 184 </li> 185 <li> 186 <p> 187 188 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/api_cxx/frame.html" target="_top"> 189 Berkeley DB C++ API 190 </a> 191 192 193 194 </p> 195 </li> 196 </ul> 197 </div> 198 </div> 199 </div> 200 </div> 201 <div class="navfooter"> 202 <hr /> 203 <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> 204 <tr> 205 <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>��</td> 206 <td width="20%" align="center"> 207 <a accesskey="u" href="index.html">Up</a> 208 </td> 209 <td width="40%" align="right">��<a accesskey="n" href="introduction.html">Next</a></td> 210 </tr> 211 <tr> 212 <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Getting Started with Berkeley DB Transaction Processing��</td> 213 <td width="20%" align="center"> 214 <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> 215 </td> 216 <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">��Chapter��1.��Introduction</td> 217 </tr> 218 </table> 219 </div> 220 </body> 221</html> 222