dbStatic: Allow empty DB & DBD files

They used to cause a Syntax error with a bad context string.
2013-03-20 16:53:10 -05:00
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+<h4>Allow empty database files</h4>
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+<p>The IOC used to report an error if dbLoadRecords or dbLoadDatabase was asked
+to load an empty file or one containing just whitespace and/or comments. Such
+files are now permitted, simplifying the task of automated database generation
+programs which might discover they have nothing to output.</p>
+
 <h4>High-Resolution Time Provider on MacOS</h4>

 <p>MacOS does not provide the clock_gettime() API with CLOCK_REALTIME that other