Re: [Phpwiki-talk] What is cdb and db3?

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

> Well, I found my db3 file and it is not a text file, but a binary one.
> What other programs can read this file type?

db3 is the PHP abbrevation of Berkeley DB version 3.
Current is 4. http://www.sleepycat.com/

To read the keys you can use the php API.
berkeley db also has its binaries, e.g. db_dump

The advantage over flatfile is the speed, locking and stability.
  (also compared to gdbm)

> On 8/24/05, Jolly Green Giant <jgg...@gm...> wrote:
>> Thanks, I figured it out myself.  I thought the docs said that the
>> paths are relative to the phpwiki directory, but they're not.  I had
>> to get some php to run to find my physical path so that my stuff could
>> go in the right place.
>>
>> On 8/24/05, Jolly Green Giant <jgg...@gm...> wrote:
>> > Thank you very much.  I did that and it worked.  But I got an error
>> that said that my data is in the /tmp directory and should be moved.
>> I expected that.  I wanted to try a default installation just to get
>> it up and running.
>> >
>> > is the /tmp directory relative to phpwiki home directory?  I tried
>> to ftp in and I never saw a "tmp" folder.  So I wonder where it is?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 8/24/05, Reini Urban <ru...@x-...> wrote:
>> > > > I just installed the current version of 1.3.x and I can't use
>> dba. My configurator shows...
>> > > >
>> > > > "Supported handlers are: cdb,cdb_make,db3,inifile,flatfile"
>> > > >
>> > > > I pretty much know what flatfile is, but what is cdb and db3?
>> > >
>> > > flatfile should be used as its own DATATYPE and not as dba
>> handler. db3 would be the best in your case.
>> > > cdb ist constant.
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