No, not really. This is what happens in my normal Python installation in Windows:

    Python 2.7.5 (default, May 15 2013, 22:43:36) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win 32
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> from bsddb import db
    >>> print db.DB_VERSION_STRING
    Berkeley DB 4.7.25: (May 15, 2008)
    >>>

And this[1] works completely. Just replace bsddb3 with bsddb.

[1] http://code.activestate.com/recipes/189060-using-berkeley-db...