[db-wg] Issue creating new AS-SET

Hi Job, Denis,

> On 9 Jun 2021, at 15:55, Job Snijders via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 02:29:17PM +0200, Denis Fondras via db-wg wrote:
>> I am trying to add a new AS-SET but I get an error :
>> 
>> as-set: Syntax error in AS201376:AS-MEMBERS:DIRECT
>> 
>> AS201376:AS-MEMBERS already exists in the database.
>> 
>> I cannot see what I do wrong here. Can anybody help ?
>> 
>> Also I tried to do some tests on the test DB but I get a 404 error
>> when clicking 'submit'. I don't know if it is me or a bug.
> 
> The error message is a bit strange, but the issue is that when using the
> hierarchical naming scheme (highly recommended!), each element in the
> chain of names must conform to the naming rules of AS-SET.
> 
> If you add 'AS-' as prefix to 'DIRECT', I suspect the robot will accept
> it.
> 
> AS-SET:        AS201376:AS-MEMBERS:AS-DIRECT
>                                   ^^^
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Job
> 

Job is correct, each element of the as-set name must start with "AS-".

This is documented in the RIPE database documentation:
https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/documentation/ripe-database-documentation/rpsl-object-types/4-2-descriptions-of-primary-objects/4-2-7-description-of-the-as-set-object <https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/documentation/ripe-database-documentation/rpsl-object-types/4-2-descriptions-of-primary-objects/4-2-7-description-of-the-as-set-object>

And conforms with RFC 2622:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2622#section-5.1 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2622#section-5.1>

Regards
Ed Shryane
RIPE NCC

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