Re: Draft Guarded Field document

[Havard Eidnes <]

Hi,

just a small comment:

> 3.  The Basic Procedure
> 
> For each of the guarded attributes detailed above,  a  list  of  all
> networks  having  this attribute is kept separately from the general
> database itself.  These lists (also called `guarded files') will  be
> maintained and be served as the `only' source of membership informa-
> tion used in the database.  Normal database updates  `never'  change
> these  attributes.   If  an  update includes such an attribute and a
> discrepancy between the values in the update and those in the  data-
> base  is  found, a diagnostic message will be sent to the originator
> of the update and the guarded value(s) will not  be  affected.

What about the rest of the attributes if the object contains a mismatched
guarded field?  Will they be updated, or will the whole object be rejected
(I assume the latter).  I assume the answer to this question will be
evident when I produce the first "guarded-reject" update, but it would be
nice to have this stated clearly in the text as well.

I have no other comments -- this looks good as far as I can see.

- Havard