  The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>  and 
            <a class="link" href="db.html" title="Chapter 2.  The DB Handle">DB</a>  methods to allocate or free
            memory owned by the application.
    </p>
      <p>
         There are a number of interfaces in Berkeley DB where memory is
         allocated by the library and then given to the application.  For
         example, the <a class="link" href="dbt.html#dbt_DB_DBT_MALLOC">DB_DBT_MALLOC</a> 
         flag, when specified in the <a class="link" hre