NCC#2003092385 [db-wg] uodate failure

 "Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet" <woeber at cc.univie.ac.at> writes:
 *   Hi Randy,
 * 
 *   thanks for bringing this up!
 *   	[ the "keyword noise" had me confused too, a short while ago :-( ]

I think we assumed that people would associate 'keywords' with those words in 
the subject line of a mail message or entered separately with the web updates 
form. Perhaps we need to add something to the message to make it more clear.

 * 
 *   I am wondering whether "inline" error messages are such a good idea?
 *   I guess there's a good chance that they remain in the updated and
 *   re-sent message. That could give us another set of failure modes.
 * 
 *   _I_ would probably go for a more descriptive error message at the end,
 *   including the _attribute_ that made the reference, _and_ the _string_
 *   used as a reference.

This is the way we have planned to do it and the code has already been written 
for the dbupdate part. But these error messages originate in the server back 
end code where all referential integrity checks are performed. It is on our 
'ToDo' list to review this section of the code.

cheers
denis

 * 
 *   -WW
 *   ______________________________________________________________________
 * 
 * From: Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>
 * To: RIPE Database Administration <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>
 * CC: db-wg at ripe.net
 * Subject: Re: NCC#2003092385 [db-wg] uodate failure
 * Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 06:07:48 -0700
 * 
 * btw, to be very clear, and as a once-upon-a-time compiler hacker
 * who would have been severely excoriated for poor diagnostic
 * reporting, what i would have liked to have received would be
 * something along the lines of
 * 
 * Modify FAILED: [aut-num] AS3130
 * ***Info: Authorisation passed
 * ***Info: Syntax check passed
 *   
 * aut-num:       AS3130
 * as-name:       RGNET-3130
 * descr:         RGnet/PSGnet
 * admin-c:       RB366
 *                ^ unknown object referenced
 * tech-c:        RB366
 *                ^ unknown object referenced
 * import:        from AS1239 accept ANY
 * import:        from AS2914 accept ANY
 * import:        from AS3927 accept AS3927
 * import:        from AS3970 accept AS3970
 * import:        from AS4128 accept AS4128
 * import: 	      from AS101 accept AS-PNW-GIGAPOP
 * import: 	      from AS11726 accept AS-ACUMEN
 * import: 	      from AS12111 accept AS-OEN
 * import: 	      from AS16713 accept AS-NOANET-PEERING
 * import: 	      from AS2044 accept AS2044
 * import: 	      from AS3491 accept AS-CAIS
 * import: 	      from AS4513 accept AS-GLOBIX
 * import: 	      from AS4565 accept AS-EPOCH
 * import: 	      from AS6456 accept AS6456
 * import: 	      from AS7610 accept AS-SINGAREN
 * import: 	      from AS8075 accept AS8075
 * export:        to AS1239 announce AS-RGNET
 * export:        to AS2914 announce AS-RGNET
 * export:        to AS3927 announce ANY
 * export:        to AS3970 announce ANY
 * export:        to AS4128 announce ANY
 * export: 	      to AS101 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS11726 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS12111 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS16713 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS2044 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS3491 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS4513 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS4565 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS6456 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS7610 announce AS-RGNET
 * export: 	      to AS8075 announce AS-RGNET
 * notify:        rw at rg.net
 * mnt-by:        MAINT-RGNET
 * changed:       randy at psg.com 20030905
 * source:        RIPE
 * 
 * ***Info: Authorisation for  [aut-num] AS3130
 *          using mnt-by:
 *          authenticated by: MAINT-RGNET
 * 
 * randy
 * 
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