Accessing BDB file fails on linux

vsdeepthi has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Accessing BDB file fails on linux by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 21, 2011 at 11:55 UTC
One thing that may come into play might be architecture differences, if you're using SPARC-solaris and x86-Linux, as the machines differ in endianness and I'm not sure whether BDB handles that. If it doesn't work around, then you have to convert the file one time from the old machine to the new machine.	[reply]
Re^2: Accessing BDB file fails on linux by vsdeepthi (Initiate) on Feb 21, 2011 at 14:44 UTC
Actually on both machines the file loads properly and I can see all the keys as well. But on Linux when I try to access value for few keys it returns undef.	[reply]
Re^3: Accessing BDB file fails on linux by dsegleau (Initiate) on Feb 22, 2011 at 09:32 UTC
Are either of the processes writing to the database or are they both just reading the database from the SAN drive? I'm not that familiar with the Perl API, but what do you mean when you say "When I try to access value for few keys it returns undef." BTW: Although Berkeley DB is endian-neutral in terms of it's internal data structures, it makes no attempt to interpret the data payload. Managing endian-ness changes is the responsibility of the embedding application.	[reply]
Re^4: Accessing BDB file fails on linux by vsdeepthi (Initiate) on Feb 22, 2011 at 09:47 UTC
Re^4: Accessing BDB file fails on linux by vsdeepthi (Initiate) on Feb 22, 2011 at 09:50 UTC
Re: Accessing BDB file fails on linux by Anonymous Monk on Feb 21, 2011 at 10:29 UTC
See db_stat / db_verify / db_upgrade	[reply]
Re: Accessing BDB file fails on linux by viveksnv (Sexton) on Feb 21, 2011 at 11:46 UTC
Hi I guess, it may depends on SAN disk read/write (Solaris may able to read faster compare than Linux). Try with diagnostics in your program and also check with Linux strace command. Is there any major difference between those servers except OS flavor..like architecture, SAN connectivity...	[reply]
Re^2: Accessing BDB file fails on linux by vsdeepthi (Initiate) on Feb 21, 2011 at 14:42 UTC
Solaris Machine: uname -a SunOS ddm-app-sj-prod 5.10 Generic_142900-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Netra-T12 Linux Machine: uname -a Linux sjc-lds-289 2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Aug 31 11:00:34 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Also, perl that Linux box using is perl5.6.1 whereas Solaris is using perl5.6.0. Is that something to consider?	[reply]