This is probably what he meant:

$ py

Python 2.7.8 |Anaconda 2.1.0 (64-bit) ... on win32

>>> import bsddb

>>> print bsddb.__doc__

Support for Berkeley DB 4.3 through 5.3 with a simple interface.

For the full featured object oriented interface use the bsddb.db module instead. It mirrors the Oracle Berkeley DB C API.