Re: Berkeley DB question

From: <bostic_at_bostic.com>
Date: 2000/06/07
Message-ID: <8hlove$3ij$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1

In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006070834400.4288-100000_at_titanic.rtxirl.ie>, Olivier Deme <odeme_at_titanic.rtxirl.ie> wrote:

> My question is, if I store 2 entries with the same key that is,
> let's say, 20 bytes, does that mean that the key will be fully
> inserted again, the second time. That is, the total amount of
> space used by the keys for both entries is 40 bytes?

Only a single copy of the key is stored by Berkeley DB, regardless of the number of duplicates.

The upcoming 3.1.XX release of Berkeley DB will offer significantly faster support for large numbers of duplicate records, you will want to upgrade to that release.

Regards,
--keith

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