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-rw-r--r--Lib/bsddb/dbshelve.py7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/dbshelve.py b/Lib/bsddb/dbshelve.py
index 2959f25..c687ab5 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/dbshelve.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/dbshelve.py
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ def open(filename, flags=db.DB_CREATE, mode=0o660, filetype=db.DB_HASH,
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class DBShelveError(db.DBError): pass
+
+
class DBShelf(DictMixin):
"""A shelf to hold pickled objects, built upon a bsddb DB object. It
automatically pickles/unpickles data objects going to/from the DB.
@@ -152,10 +155,10 @@ class DBShelf(DictMixin):
return self.db.append(data, txn)
def append(self, value, txn=None):
- if self.get_type() != db.DB_RECNO:
+ if self.get_type() == db.DB_RECNO:
self.append = self.__append
return self.append(value, txn=txn)
- raise db.DBError("append() only supported when dbshelve opened with filetype=dbshelve.db.DB_RECNO")
+ raise DBShelveError("append() only supported when dbshelve opened with filetype=dbshelve.db.DB_RECNO")
def associate(self, secondaryDB, callback, flags=0):