accesscheck() is a seperate sub that verifies if the user trying to access this function has the proper access level.
Hold/release are just the new standards for lock/unlock or file_lock/unfile_lock but are not necessary for this sub.
Cobra is a seperate .pm file for this portal that I don't fully understand yet but was also not necessary for this sub. It can array db items with the one line of code rather than going through the normal open/@/close method.
$m_action is defined in a previous sub that shows calls all actions and operations for a selected menu being modified.