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A COMPANION MACRO FOR DBSTORE, DBDEL; dbdel.v707

M. A. Gockel, 8 Dec 97

     The delivery data base contains two macros (subDMAPS) intended for the 
DMAP writer.  They are named DBSTORE and DBFETCH.  They allow data
blocks to be generated in one subDMAP, stored in the data base, then
used (fetched) in a different subDMAP.  This eliminates the need to pass
these data blocks through subDMAP calling arguments, which can be quite 
lengthy. 

     The DBDEL macro is delivered in the sssalter library in source 
form.  It  allows deleting datablocks stored in the data base
with a dmap call similar to that of DBSTORE.  See the description of the 
dmap call for DBSTORE adn related diagnositics in the DMAP Dictionary. 
DBDEL provides diagnostics similar to those provided by DBSTORE
when DIAG 20 is selected. 

     Use of the DBDEL macro is demonstrated in test input file dbdel1.dat.  It 
is useful when DBSTORE is used in DO loops or with automatic restart.