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-<H2><A NAME="s5">5. Databases</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="s5">5.</A> <A HREF="adminmanual.html#toc5">Databases</A></H2>
<P>Spider allows the creation of local or remote databases. It supports
chained databases, allowing several different databases to be scanned
with one simple command. Importing of databases is limited at present
to the standard AK1A databases such as OBLAST and the DB0SDX QSL
-database but will expand with time.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 Creating databases</A>
+database but will expand with time.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1</A> <A HREF="adminmanual.html#toc5.1">Creating databases</A>
</H2>
<P>Creating a database could not be more simple. All the commands are
-sent from the cluster prompt as the <EM>sysop</EM> user.
+sent from the cluster prompt as the <EM>sysop</EM> user.</P>
<P>To create a database you use the command <EM>dbcreate</EM>. It can
-be used in 3 different ways like so ..
+be used in 3 different ways like so ..</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
dbcreate <name>
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
<P>To simply create a database locally, you just tell the command the
name of the database. This does not create the actual database, it
-simply defines it to say that it exists.
+simply defines it to say that it exists.</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
dbcreate <name> chain <name> [<name>...]
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
<P>This creates a chained database entry. The first database will be
-scanned, then the second, the third etc...
+scanned, then the second, the third etc...</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
dbcreate <name> remote <name>
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
<P>This creates a remote entry. the first name field is the database
name at the remote node, then the remote switch, then the actual
-node_call of the remote node, for example...
+node_call of the remote node, for example...</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
dbcreate buckmaster remote gb7dxc
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
<P>Remote databases cannot be chained, however, the last database in a
-chain can be a remote database.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 Importing databases</A>
+chain can be a remote database.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2</A> <A HREF="adminmanual.html#toc5.2">Importing databases</A>
</H2>
<P>The only databases that Spider can currently import are the standard
AK1A databases such as OBLAST or the DB0SDX qsl and address database.
-This will be added to with time.
+This will be added to with time.</P>
<P>To import such a database, first put the file somewhere useful like /tmp
-and then issue the following command ...
+and then issue the following command ...</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
dbimport oblast /tmp/OBLAST.FUL
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
<P>This will update the existing local oblast database or create it if
-it does not exist.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3 Checking available databases</A>
+it does not exist.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3</A> <A HREF="adminmanual.html#toc5.3">Checking available databases</A>
</H2>
<P>Once a database is created, you will want to check that it has been
added. To do this use the <EM>dbavail</EM> command. This will
-output the available databases. For example ...
+output the available databases. For example ...</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
G0VGS de GB7MBC 3-Feb-2001 1925Z >
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss5.4">5.4 Looking up databases</A>
+</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.4">5.4</A> <A HREF="adminmanual.html#toc5.4">Looking up databases</A>
</H2>
<P>To look for information in a defined database, simply use the <EM>dbshow</EM>
-command, for example ...
+command, for example ...</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
dbshow buckmaster G0YLM
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
<P>will show the information for the callsign G0YLM from the buckmaster
database if it exists. To make things more standard for the users
you can add an entry in the Aliases file so that it looks like a standard
-<EM>show</EM> command like this ...
+<EM>show</EM> command like this ...</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
'^sh\w*/buc', 'dbshow buckmaster', 'dbshow',
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>Now you can simply use show/buckmaster or an abreviation.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss5.5">5.5 Removing databases</A>
+</P>
+<P>Now you can simply use show/buckmaster or an abreviation.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.5">5.5</A> <A HREF="adminmanual.html#toc5.5">Removing databases</A>
</H2>
<P>To delete an existing database you use the <EM>dbremove</EM> command.
-For example ...
+For example ...</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
dbremove oblast
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
<P>would remove the oblast database and its associated datafile from the
system. There are no warnings or recovery possible from this command.
If you remove a database it ceases to exist and would have to be created
-from scratch if you still required it.
-<P>
+from scratch if you still required it.</P>
+
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