The dumbdbm
module, shown in Example 10-7, is a very simple database implementation, similar to
dbm
and friends,
but written in pure Python. It uses two files: a binary file (.dat),
which contain the data, and a text file (.dir), which contains data
descriptors.
Example 10-7. Using the dumbdbm Module
File: dumbdbm-example-1.py import dumbdbm db = dumbdbm.open("dumbdbm", "c") db["first"] = "fear" db["second"] = "surprise" db["third"] = "ruthless efficiency" db["fourth"] = "an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope" db["fifth"] = "nice red uniforms" db.close() db = dumbdbm.open("dumbdbm", "r") for key in db.keys(): print repr(key), repr(db[key])'first' 'fear'
'third' 'ruthless efficiency'
'fifth' 'nice red uniforms'
'second' 'surprise'
'fourth' 'an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope'
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