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Title: The IDLAstro Database System
Section: Science/Astronomy
Author: W.B. Landsman
Abstract: This document describes the use of an IDL database system
that is available in the IDL Astronomy Library. The database
software was designed by Don Lindler of the GHRS (Goddard
High-Resolution Spectrograph) group, and has been adopted by several
astronomy groups. The software was originally written in 1987
(though modest improvements are made each year) and is a "flat" (as
opposed to a relational or object-oriented) database system. It is
thus a "primitive" database system compared to modern commercial
alternatives but remains useful because it shares the IDL
programming, plotting, and image display syntax. This makes the
database system very versatile and easy to learn for those already
familiar with IDL programming.
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