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If you have a database created by SQLite, you can migrate
it to a Berkeley DB database for use with the BDB SQL interface. For
production applications, you should do this only when your
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All data and schema supported by SQLite can be migrated to a
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To migrate your data from SQLite to a Berkeley DB database:
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Make sure your application is shutdown.
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Open the SQLite database within the
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Execute the <code class="literal">.output</code> command to
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Dump the database using the SQLite
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Close the <span class="command"><strong>sqlite3</strong></span> shell and open
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Load the dumped data using the
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Note that you can migrate in the reverse direction as well.
Dump the Berkeley DB database by calling <code class="literal">.dump</code>
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