[db-wg] Wierd output of whois/database

Matthew,

Matthew Smith wrote:

> if this is the wrong list, then please point me in the right
> direction.  I am first assuming that I have done something wrong.
>
> I should have a role 'AHM' with two person objects (MS33051-RIPE and DB).
>
> The whois output (below) also gives two further records at the end
> which I cannot fathom how or why they appear.

The reason you are getting the SAR32-RIPE and SAR33-RIPE objects is
because the middle name of the person in these is "AHM", which is what
you were querying for.

In your case, you can eliminate these two objects by asking for only
ROLE objects using the "-T" flag:

$ whois -h whois.ripe.net -B -Trole AHM

If there was a role object that had AHM in the name, then this would
appear, even with the type flag, so this will not work for any time
where you get "unwanted" objects back from your query.

You might also be confused because the informational comment is wrong
for one of the person objects. This is a known bug that we hope to fix
shortly.

--
Shane