## Oracle Berkeley DB

Version 4.8.24, August 14, 2009

Getting Started Guides
Get started with Berkeley DB today. If you are new to Berkeley DB, the following documents will help you learn about important concepts and guide you through how to get started.

Getting Started with Data Storage

C | PDF | HTML
C++ | PDF | HTML
Java | PDF | HTML

Getting Started with Transaction Processing

C | PDF | HTML
C++ | PDF | HTML
Java | PDF | HTML

Getting Started with Transactional Java Collections

Tutorial | PDF | HTML

Getting Started with Replication

C | PDF | HTML
C++ | PDF | HTML
Java | PDF | HTML

Berkeley DB Porting Guide

| PDF | HTML

References

The programmatic reference guide provides detailed information to help you during application design and implementation. This definitive reference document is organized by concept, rather than by API.

Reference Guide for Berkeley DB

| PDF | HTML

Programmatic APIs
These fully-detailed references cover every public interface for Berkeley DB. For each interface, the documentation lists arguments and return values, and covers pre- and post-conditions.

C | PDF | HTML
C++ | PDF | HTML
C# | HTML
STL | PDF | HTML
Javadoc | HTML
TCL | PDF | HTML

Build, Installation, and Upgrading Guides
These guides contain helpful hints, step-by-step instructions, and information on platform-specific details of the build, installation, and upgrade processes.

- UNIX/POSIX
- VxWorks
- Windows
- Windows CE

- Berkeley DB 4.8 Change Log
- Upgrading Applications to the 4.8 release

- Berkeley DB Release History and Patches

Additional Booklets

Writing In-Memory Berkeley DB Applications | PDF | HTML

Additional Information

- Standalone utilities
- Berkeley DB FAQ

- Oracle Technology Support Forums -- Berkeley DB
- Oracle Technology Support Forums -- Berkeley DB High Availability (Replication)

- Berkeley DB License

Berkeley DB releases optionally include strong cryptographic support; this release DOES contain cryptographic support. Export/import and/or use of cryptography software, or even communicating technical details about cryptography software, is illegal in some parts of the world. You are strongly advised to pay close attention to any export/import and/or use laws which apply to you when you import a release of Berkeley DB including cryptography to your country or re-distribute source code from it in any way.

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