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Request #49352 Support DB4 DB_HASH format for dba_open()
Submitted: 2009-08-25 00:33 UTC Modified: 2016-08-25 13:08 UTC
Votes:4
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:3 of 3 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (66.7%)
Same OS:2 (66.7%)
From: VJTD3 at VJTD3 dot com Assigned:
Status: Open Package: DBM/DBA related
PHP Version: 5.3.0 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-08-25 00:33 UTC] VJTD3 at VJTD3 dot com
Description:
------------
dba_open DB4 DB_HASH format can not be choosen to create a database


dba_open when used with the "driver" db4 defaults to btree but hash is also needed. DB_HASH is not defined and isn't passed when defined to the creation environment.

example showing DB_HASH not defined

<?php
 echo (defined('DB_HASH') ? 1 : 0);
?>

there are 2 types of database structures, hash and btree.
db.h
typedef enum {
	DB_BTREE=1,
	DB_HASH=2,
	DB_RECNO=3,
	DB_QUEUE=4,
	DB_UNKNOWN=5
} DBTYPE;


is from the source files...

http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.7.25.NC.tar.gz
db-4.7.25.NC/build_brew/db.h

by default php uses btree to create but hash is needed too. there is no way to change the flags to use hash.

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.dba-open.php
resource dba_open  ( string $path  , string $mode  [, string $handler [, mixed $...  ]] )

php-5.2.9/dba_db4.c line 74-76
	type = info->mode == DBA_READER ? DB_UNKNOWN :
		info->mode == DBA_TRUNC ? DB_BTREE :
		s ? DB_BTREE : DB_UNKNOWN;

php-5.2.9/dba_db4.c line 100 - 104
#if (DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR >= 1)
			(err=dbp->open(dbp, 0, info->path, NULL, type, gmode, filemode)) == 0) {
#else
			(err=dbp->open(dbp, info->path, NULL, type, gmode, filemode)) == 0)
{
#endif

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/ref/upgrade.4.1/fop.html

if ((ret = dbp->open(dbp, "file", NULL, DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, 0664)) != 0) {
	(void)dbp->close(dbp);
	goto err_handler;
}

(btree example, hash would be DB_HASH)

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
 echo (defined('DB_HASH') ? 1 : 0);
?>


Expected result:
----------------
1 and databases to be created in hash format

Actual result:
--------------
0 and database format is only btree with no way to change to hash

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 [2010-01-11 16:19 UTC] chey dot smith at gmail dot com
I am having trouble with this as well when trying to modify an existing HASH type database.

What happens is that the file is modified but when the application that owns the DB tries to read when you wrote it doesn't see the new data since it is compiled to read a BTREE type in my case.

So there is a need to be able to specify the type from within PHP's dba_open function.
 [2016-07-10 14:06 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: dBase related +Package: DBM/DBA related
 [2016-08-25 13:08 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Summary: dba_open DB4 DB_HASH format can not be chosen to create a database +Summary: Support DB4 DB_HASH format for dba_open() -Type: Bug +Type: Feature/Change Request
 [2016-08-25 13:08 UTC] cmb@php.net
The documentation states[1]:

| The database is created in BTree mode, other modes (like Hash or
| Queue) are not supported.

So I'm reclassifying this as feature request.

[1] <http://php.net/manual/en/function.dba-open.php>
 
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