misleading diagnostic

  > Rick Riolo <rlr at merit.edu> writes:
  > I have changed our conf file to have the rv's rather than rt's in the rs-vi
  > ew object,
  > and things seem to be behaving better.  I can add distinct objects with key
  > s that
  > are like those shown below (ie an dns address, a blank, and a number),
  > and I can retrieve them. 

Just like it ought to work.

  > Note that, however, that the retrieval with value 
  > after the blank in the key retrieves both
  >but the retrieval with the number just gets the one object.

This is not what the example below shows. The example
shows correct behaviour: 


Each white space  separated word in the attribute constitutes a key. 
On queries an object has to match all keys specified.
So if you specify "rs900.tra.net" all objects with this key will be found.
If you specify "rs900.tra.net" and "300" all objects with both those
keys will match. Order does not matter.
Qerying for "300" works likewise.
Network numebrs are special.

  > at any rate, I think this will server cengiz's needs, since I think he
  > will be adding a number to all of these if there are more than one.

OK. I hope we get credit for this. ;-)

  > 
  > 
  > toad.merit.edu> /f/rrdb/dbase-beta/bin/whois -h toad -s TESTRR rs900.tra.ne
  > t
  > rs-view:   rs900.tra.net 300
  > descr:     Policies for view 3 of Route Server rs2.ra.net
  > as-in:     from AS1239 0 accept NOT ANY
  > tech-c:    elise gerich
  > admin-c:   bill manning
  > guardian:  bmanning at isi.edu
  > remarks:   This entry is created by RA analysis software.
  > mnt-by:    acts-of-god
  > changed:   cengiz at isi.edu 940919
  > changed:   rlr at merit.edu 941021
  > source:    TESTRR
  > 
  > rs-view:   rs900.tra.net
  > descr:     Policies for view 3 of Route Server rs2.ra.net
  > as-in:     from AS1239 0 accept NOT ANY
  > tech-c:    elise gerich
  > admin-c:   bill manning
  > guardian:  bmanning at isi.edu
  > remarks:   This entry is created by RA analysis software.
  > mnt-by:    acts-of-god
  > changed:   cengiz at isi.edu 940919
  > changed:   rlr at merit.edu 941021
  > source:    TESTRR
  > 
  > toad.merit.edu> /f/rrdb/dbase-beta/bin/whois -h toad -s TESTRR rs900.tra.ne
  > t 300
  > rs-view:   rs900.tra.net 300
  > descr:     Policies for view 3 of Route Server rs2.ra.net
  > as-in:     from AS1239 0 accept NOT ANY
  > tech-c:    elise gerich
  > admin-c:   bill manning
  > guardian:  bmanning at isi.edu
  > remarks:   This entry is created by RA analysis software.
  > mnt-by:    acts-of-god
  > changed:   cengiz at isi.edu 940919
  > changed:   rlr at merit.edu 941021
  > source:    TESTRR
  > 
  > toad.merit.edu>



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