[db-wg] Is it possible to choose your own NIC Handle when creating ROLE objects?

Hi Anand, Øystein

On 30/04/2016 16:58, Anand Buddhdev wrote:
> On 30/04/16 14:02, Øystein Gåsdal wrote:
>
> Hi Øystein,
>
>> Hello, and thank you for your answer.
>> But I think I need to be spoonfed about this…
>
> Denis has already provided a good answe. But let me help more with an
> example.
>
>> So according to the rules, the NIC-handle can be something like this:
>>
>> ALE-ADMIN-C ?
>
> No, you may not have 2 dashes in the NIC handle. You can only have a NIC
> handle of the form:
>
> XXX
>
> or
>
> XXX-YYY
>
> The first part (XXX) has to start with 2-4 letters, and optionally up to
> 6 digits. The -YYY part is optional, but if present, must be a dash,
> followed by up to 9 letters. Here are some valid examples:
>
> ALE
> ALE-RIPE
> ALE1234
> AL345-RIPE
> ALE90-KOMMUNE

Almost :) But after the '-' you can only use a source name, like 'RIPE, 
'APNIC', etc.

so ALE90-KOMMUNE is not allowed

cheers
denis

>
> But the following are NOT allowed:
>
> ALE-ADMIN-C
> AL023
> ALESUND
>
>
> Regards,
> Anand
>