Berkeley DB

[aesthete]

Anyone out there who has used Berkeley DB on Fedora Core 2? Actually I am trying some open source development and for that I need to use Berkeley DB but I am getting stuck at various issues. Just wondering if someone out there has already gone through what I am going through, he/she might be able to help.

[lambda]

what problems are you running into?

[aesthete]

Here is what I have already done. I have installed the DB after building it and also ran the service. I wrote a small program in C++ to test connectivity with the DB and apparently I got connected properly. Now I have the source code of TPC-B benchmark with me, I need to run the benchmark on the DB to test. How do I do that? I am stuck.

Also I need to be absolutely certain that I have the DB up and running with me. How do I make sure of that? I mean is there any indication of any sort that the DB is actually active and I can make transaction on it?

[lambda]

the berkeley db (the one from http://www.sleepycat.com/) isn't a "server" that you install. it's just an on-disk database; you get a library of functions to manipulate it. are you sure you're talking about the same db?

[aesthete]

I am very new to Berkeley (as well as Linux for that matter) and I was thinking along the lines of the way maybe SQL Server works. I guess this is different. I think I get an idea of exactly how the DB works from the way you described it. It also answers a lot of things that have been confusing me
Thanks a lot Lambda ... I owe you one!!!

[lambda]

if you want a relational database, i recommend postgresql. it probably ships with your distribution.

[fawad]

Or if you want a non-server relational database, try SQLLite. I haven't used it myself but a lot of people swear by it (and I think it ships with PHP 5).

[aesthete]

Thanks a lot both of you Lambda and Fawad !!!

[zaeemarshad]

may i suggest mysql ... its easy and very reliable. sqllite hmm!!

regards
zaeem