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\section{\module{dbhash} ---
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DBM-style interface to the BSD database library}
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\declaremodule{standard}{dbhash}
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\platform{Unix, Windows}
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\modulesynopsis{DBM-style interface to the BSD database library.}
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\sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org}
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The \module{dbhash} module provides a function to open databases using
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the BSD \code{db} library. This module mirrors the interface of the
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other Python database modules that provide access to DBM-style
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databases. The \refmodule{bsddb}\refbimodindex{bsddb} module is required
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to use \module{dbhash}.
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This module provides an exception and a function:
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\begin{excdesc}{error}
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Exception raised on database errors other than
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\exception{KeyError}. It is a synonym for \exception{bsddb.error}.
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\end{excdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{open}{path\optional{, flag\optional{, mode}}}
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Open a \code{db} database and return the database object. The
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\var{path} argument is the name of the database file.
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The \var{flag} argument can be
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\code{'r'} (the default), \code{'w'},
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\code{'c'} (which creates the database if it doesn't exist), or
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\code{'n'} (which always creates a new empty database).
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For platforms on which the BSD \code{db} library supports locking,
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an \character{l} can be appended to indicate that locking should be
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used.
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The optional \var{mode} parameter is used to indicate the \UNIX{}
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permission bits that should be set if a new database must be
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created; this will be masked by the current umask value for the
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process.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{seealso}
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\seemodule{anydbm}{Generic interface to \code{dbm}-style databases.}
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\seemodule{bsddb}{Lower-level interface to the BSD \code{db} library.}
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\seemodule{whichdb}{Utility module used to determine the type of an
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existing database.}
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\end{seealso}
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\subsection{Database Objects \label{dbhash-objects}}
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The database objects returned by \function{open()} provide the methods
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common to all the DBM-style databases. The following methods are
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available in addition to the standard methods.
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\begin{methoddesc}[dbhash]{first}{}
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It's possible to loop over every key in the database using this method
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and the \method{next()} method. The traversal is ordered by
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the databases internal hash values, and won't be sorted by the key
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values. This method returns the starting key.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[dbhash]{last}{}
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Return the last key in a database traversal. This may be used to
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begin a reverse-order traversal; see \method{previous()}.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[dbhash]{next}{key}
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Returns the key that follows \var{key} in the traversal. The
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following code prints every key in the database \code{db}, without
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having to create a list in memory that contains them all:
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\begin{verbatim}
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k = db.first()
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while k != None:
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print k
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k = db.next(k)
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\end{verbatim}
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[dbhash]{previous}{key}
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Return the key that comes before \var{key} in a forward-traversal of
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the database. In conjunction with \method{last()}, this may be used
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to implement a reverse-order traversal.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[dbhash]{sync}{}
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This method forces any unwritten data to be written to the disk.
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\end{methoddesc}
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