A change in the referred query result format

Dear Colleagues,

 Please note the following slight change, which may affect
some of the scripts using RIPE db:

 When doing a referred query, the users used to get a response starting
with:

 The object shown below is NOT in the RIPE database.
 It has been obtained by querying a remote server:
 (host_name) at port port_no.
 To see the object stored in the RIPE database 
 use the -R flag in your query.


Since this text may be interpreted by some scripts as an object in the db,
we have changed it to contain leading '%' characters:

% The object shown below is NOT in the RIPE database.
% It has been obtained by querying a remote server:
% (whois.denic.de) at port 43.
% To see the object stored in the RIPE database 
% use the -R flag in your query.
%
%%% Start of referred query result

 We have also added the last line, "%%% Start of referred query result", 
to clearly indicate where the referred result starts.

 If you have any questions, please don't hesitate
to contact <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>.  

Regards,

Engin Gunduz
RIPE NCC Database Group