dce_db_intro(3dce)
Introduction to the DCE backing store interface
Description
The DCE backing store interface allows you to maintain typed data between program invocations. For example, you might store application-specific configuration data
in a backing store, and then retrieve it from the backing store when the application restarts. The backing store routines can be used in servers, in clients or in standalone programs that do not
involve remote procedure calls (RPC). A program can have more than one backing store open at the same time.
Sometimes the backing store is called a database. For instance, the associated IDL file is dce/database.idl, and the name of the backing store routines begin with dce_db_. The backing store is, however, not a full-fledged database in the conventional sense, and it has no support for SQL or for any other query system.
More:
Encoding and Decoding in the Backing Store