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Database Procedures

DBBUILDLoad or append a database with new entry values.
DBCIRCLEFind entries within a specified circular area.
DBCLOSEClose a database
DBCOMPAREDisplay the values of two database entries side by side
DBDELETEDelete an entry from a database
DBEDITInteractively edit the entries in a database
DBEXTExtract items from a database into IDL variables
DBFINDFind entries meeting specified criteria in an IDL database
DBGETUse instead of DBFIND when search values are in an IDL vector
DBHELPList names of databases, or entries within a database
DB_INFOLower level routine to obtain information on an opened database
DBINDEXUpdate the IDL database index file.
DB_ITEM_INFOLower level routine to obtain information on specified item(s)
DB_ITEMLower level routine to return item number and other information
DBMATCHMatch database entries one-to-one to specified item values
DBOPENOpen a IDL database
DBPRINTPrint specified fields about specified entries in an IDL database
DBPUTLower level routine to place new value for specified item into an entry
DBRDLower level routine to read an entry from a database
DBSORTSort entries in an IDL database
DBTARGETFind entries within specified distance of an astronomical target
DBUPDATEUpdate an IDL database with new item values.
DB_ORCombine two catalog entry lists, removing duplicate values
DBVALLower level routine to extract value of specified item from an entry
DBXVALLower level routine to extract values of specified item from an entry
DBWRTLower level routine to update or add a new entry to a database
IMDBASEFind all catalog sources within the field of an astronomical image
DB_ENT2EXTDB_ENT2HOST,DBEXT_DBF,DBEXT_IND,DBXPUT,DBFPARSE,DBFIND_ENTRY,
DBFIND_SORTDBSEARCH,DBTITLE,DB_TITLE() - Lower level database procedures