[db-wg] creating a mntner

Hi,

On 2003-12-28 18:44:51 +0100, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 09:43:52AM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
> > > An object can have a reference to itself, so that we don't have the
> > > chicken-egg problem.  You can create your first mntner without
> > > referential integrity problems (of course, you have to create the
> > > person/role objects that are referenced from the mntner beforehand). 
> > 
> > and, pray tell, what is the mntner of that/those person/role objects?
> > and how is that mntner created?
> 
> Isn't it possible to create a person without any mntner?  (It used to
> be possible, long in the past, but I'm not sure about the current rules)

It is still possible --the "mnt-by:" attribute is optional in person/role
objects.  Thus you can create person/role objects in an empty whois database.

Regards,

> Gert Doering
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