getdbase

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 GETDBASE  On first call for a session, all float details are loaded from
   the master database (massaging some fields in the process) into global 
   variables.  If 'fnum' provided, extracts record for that float. 

 INPUT: fnum - WMO ID of float for which DB record required (not required 
               if simply want to load global DB variables.)
               fnum= -1  will force REloading of the database.

 OUTPUT: dbdat - structure of details for the specified float (empty if
                 no fnum specified)

 File INPUT:  Reads  spreadsheet/argomaster.csv  which is a csv dump of
              sheet 1 of argomaster.xls

 GLOBALS: If not already loaded this session, these global variables are
          created:
   THE_ARGO_FLOAT_DB - struct array of float details for every float
   ARGO_ID_CROSSREF  - (nfloat X 3) array, rows comprising 
         1) WMO ID    2) ARGOS ID   3) deployment num

 TO TEST:   for fn = [list of all float numbers...]
                dbdat = getdbase(fn);
            end

 Warnings:  Reports if 'Manufacturer' field is not as expected, or if
   'endrow' flag is not in expected column. Both may arise if spreadsheet
   is incomplete or if structure has been altered. 

 SEE ALSO:  idcrossref.m   getcaldbase.m

 Author:  Jeff Dunn CMAR/BoM Aug 2006

 USAGE: dbdat = getdbase(fnum);

Cross-Reference Information

This function calls


set_argo_sys_params./set_argo_sys_params.m

This function is called by


getargo        ./getargo.m
idcrossref     ./idcrossref.m
proc_recs_rebuild./proc_recs_rebuild.m
strip_argos_msg./strip_argos_msg.m
web_database   ./web_database.m
web_processing_report./web_processing_report.m
web_select_float./web_select_float.m