['RouteDatabase',     'configdb',        ''],

sub parse_configdb {
my ($var, $value) = @_;

my ($file, $type);
return '' if ! $value;
local($Vend::Cfg) = $C;
my ($db, $table);
eval {
  ($db, $table) = get_configdb($var, $value);
};
::logGlobal("$var $value: $@") if $@;
return '' if ! $db;

my ($k, @f);  # key and fields
my @l;      # refs to locale repository
my @n;      # names of locales
my @h;      # names of locales

my $base_direc = $var;
$base_direc =~ s/Database$//;
my $repos_name = $base_direc . '_repository';
my $repos = $C->{$repos_name} ||= {};

@n = $db->columns();
shift @n;
my $i;
if($Columnar{$base_direc}) {
  my @l;
  for(@n) {
    $repos->{$_} ||= {};
    push @l, $repos->{$_};
  }
  my $i;
  while( ($k , undef, @f ) = $db->each_record) {
    for ($i = 0; $i < @f; $i++) {
      next unless length($f[$i]);
      $l[$i]->{$k} = $f[$i];
    }
  }
}
else {
  while( ($k, undef, @f ) = $db->each_record) {
    for ($i = 0; $i < @f; $i++) {
      next unless length($f[$i]);
      $repos->{$k}{$n[$i]} = $f[$i];
    }
  }
}
$db->close_table();
return $table;
}