[db-wg] creating a mntner
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Engin Gunduz
engin at ripe.net
Mon Dec 29 10:28:17 CET 2003
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 > -- NetMaster > -- > Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 57882 (57753) > > SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster at Space.Net > Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 > 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299 -- Engin Gunduz RIPE NCC Software Engineering Department
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