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General database configuration.

Each database is configured using a DB declaration.

The generalised form is


DB databasename [

Configuration options

]

The configuration options are tag/value pairs and must contain at least a description of the access method (using method: or one or more of methodsingle:, methodquery: and methodall:) and a description of the original format of the sequences (using format:). In addition to these tags there will be other tags that are needed for particular methods and other tags that are optional.


 

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