Added support for SQLite.

[exim.git] / src / src / lookups / README

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-$Cambridge: exim/src/src/lookups/README,v 1.1 2004/10/07 13:10:01 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/src/src/lookups/README,v 1.2 2005/08/01 13:20:28 ph10 Exp $

 
 LOOKUPS
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 LOOKUPS
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@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ key" style, where the key is associated with a "file name".
 For single key lookups, this means that the file name must be an absolute path.
 It is set for lsearch and dbm, but not for NIS, for example.
 
 For single key lookups, this means that the file name must be an absolute path.
 It is set for lsearch and dbm, but not for NIS, for example.
 

-When a single-key lookup file is opened, the handle returned by the xxx_open()
-function is saved, along with the file name and lookup type, in a tree. The
-xxx_close() function is not called when the first lookup is completed. If there
-are subsequent lookups of the same type that quote the same file name,
-xxx_open() isn't called; instead the cached handle is re-used.
+  lookup_absfilequery
+
+This is a query-style lookup that must start with an absolute file name. For
+example, the sqlite lookup is of this type.
+
+When a single-key or absfilequery lookup file is opened, the handle returned by
+the xxx_open() function is saved, along with the file name and lookup type, in
+a tree. The xxx_close() function is not called when the first lookup is
+completed. If there are subsequent lookups of the same type that quote the same
+file name, xxx_open() isn't called; instead the cached handle is re-used.

 
 Exim calls the function search_tidyup() at strategic points in its processing
 (e.g. after all routing and directing has been done) and this function walks
 
 Exim calls the function search_tidyup() at strategic points in its processing
 (e.g. after all routing and directing has been done) and this function walks