bad bsddb key/values on large data

[Skip Montanaro]

    Barry> The largest one, about 200 megs, is written, and can be read, and
    Barry> the strings are correctly formatted -- but the values attached to
    Barry> the keys are wrong ...

    ...

    Barry> Can anyone tell me if there is such a Python problem or a bsddb
    Barry> problem?

You didn't say what versions of Berkeley DB or Python you are using.  If you
are using Berkeley DB 1.85, problems are to be expected.  Upgrade to a later
version.

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