DBI

On the rest of this page, "positions" are number of characters on a line (including spaces), counting from 1.

A header line has the letter 'h' on position 14. A comment line is empty, or starts with a space, or contains two carets next to each other (^^). All other lines are entry lines.

The header and entry lines in a DBI file should be in strict alphabetical order. This means, if you "sort" a DBI file, the output should be exactly like the input, except for the comment lines.

Header and entry lines in a DBI file should not contain TABs or carets (^).
The number of '[' and ']' on a line should be equal.
The number of ')' on a line should be greater than or equal to the number of '('.

Header lines

Fixed position fields:

• starting on position 1, length 12: entrycode
• on position 15: level

The title starts on position 17. Other fields (or the above fields, if they don't fit) are behind the title.

Entry lines

• starting on position 1, length 12: entrycode
• starting on position 13, length 14: storycode
• starting on position 27, length 2: pages
• position 29: brokpg
• starting on position 30, length 2: pagel
• position 32 is ignored
• starting on position 33, length 4: plot
• starting on position 37, length 4: writ
• starting on position 41, length 4: art
• starting on position 45, length 4: ink
• starting on position 49, length 4: hero

The title starts on position 53. Other fields (or the above fields, if they don't fit) are behind the title.