DBEDIT

       Interactively edit specified fields in a database.

       The value of each field is displayed, and the user has the option
       of changing or keeping the value.  Widgets will be used if they
       are available.

       dbedit, list, [ items ]

       list - scalar or vector of database entry numbers.  Set list = 0 to
       interactively add a new entry to a database.  Set list = -1 to edit
       all entries.

       items - list of items to be edited.  If omitted, all fields can be
               edited.

       DB_COM -- contains information about the opened database.
       DBW_C -- contains information intrinsic to this program.

       Will update the database files.

       Database must be opened for update prior to running
       this program.  User must be running DBEDIT from an
       account that has write privileges to the databases.
       If one is editing an indexed item, then after all edits are complete,
       DBINDEX will be called to reindex the entire item.    This may
       be time consuming.
       Cannot be used to edit items with multiple values

       Suppose one had new parallaxes for all stars fainter than 5th magnitude
       in the Yale Bright Star Catalog and wanted to update the PRLAX and
       PRLAX_CODE fields with these new numbers
       IDL> !priv=2
       IDL> dbopen, 'yale_bs', 1            ;Open catalog for update
       IDL> list = dbfind( 'v>5')     ;Find fainter than 5th magnitude
       IDL> dbedit, list, 'prlax, prlax_code'   ;Manual entry of new values

       (1) Use the cursor and point to the value you want to edit.
       (2) Type the new field value over the old field value.
       (3) When you are done changing all of the field values for each entry
       save the entry to the databases by pressing 'SAVE ENTRY TO DATABASES'.
       Here all of the values will be checked to see if they are the correct
       data type.  If a field value is not of the correct data type, it will
       not be saved.
       Use the buttons "PREV ENTRY" and "NEXT ENTRY" to move between entry
       numbers.  You must save each entry before going on to another entry in
       order for your changes to be saved.
       Pressing "RESET THIS ENTRY" will remove any unsaved changes to the
       current entry.

       Adapted from Landsman's DBEDIT
       added widgets,  Melissa Marsh, HSTX, August 1993
       do not need to press return after entering each entry,
                       fixed layout problem on SUN,
                       Melissa Marsh, HSTX, January 1994
       Only updates the fields which are changed. Joel Offenberg, HSTX, Mar 94
       Corrected test for changed fields  Wayne Landsman  HSTX, Mar 94
       Removed a couple of redundant statements W. Landsman HSTX Jan 96
       Converted to IDL V5.0   W. Landsman   September 1997
       Replace DATAYPE() with size(/TNAME)   W. Landsman   November 2001
       Work for entry numbers > 32767     W. Landsman   December 2001

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