This command reads the database file described by filename into the variable called name as an associative array. The file must reside in the same folder as the document that references it. For example:

<!--.dbhash fruits="fruits.txt"-->

reads the file called fruits.txt into the variable fruits. Note that any previous value fruits may have had is overwritten.

The Invert option causes the rows of the data file to be used as keys, instead of the columns.

This command will also set a number of other internal variables which describe the database. For a description of how to access the data contained in a variable created by this command, refer to the page on database variable syntax.

For a description of the Local option, please refer to the section on functions.

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