NCC#2003092385 [db-wg] uodate failure

  Hi Randy,

  thanks for bringing this up!
  	[ the "keyword noise" had me confused too, a short while ago :-( ]

  I am wondering whether "inline" error messages are such a good idea?
  I guess there's a good chance that they remain in the updated and
  re-sent message. That could give us another set of failure modes.

  _I_ would probably go for a more descriptive error message at the end,
  including the _attribute_ that made the reference, _and_ the _string_
  used as a reference.

  -WW
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From: Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>
To: RIPE Database Administration <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>
CC: db-wg at ripe.net
Subject: Re: NCC#2003092385 [db-wg] uodate failure
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 06:07:48 -0700

btw, to be very clear, and as a once-upon-a-time compiler hacker
who would have been severely excoriated for poor diagnostic
reporting, what i would have liked to have received would be
something along the lines of

Modify FAILED: [aut-num] AS3130
***Info: Authorisation passed
***Info: Syntax check passed
  
aut-num:       AS3130
as-name:       RGNET-3130
descr:         RGnet/PSGnet
admin-c:       RB366
               ^ unknown object referenced
tech-c:        RB366
               ^ unknown object referenced
import:        from AS1239 accept ANY
import:        from AS2914 accept ANY
import:        from AS3927 accept AS3927
import:        from AS3970 accept AS3970
import:        from AS4128 accept AS4128
import: 	      from AS101 accept AS-PNW-GIGAPOP
import: 	      from AS11726 accept AS-ACUMEN
import: 	      from AS12111 accept AS-OEN
import: 	      from AS16713 accept AS-NOANET-PEERING
import: 	      from AS2044 accept AS2044
import: 	      from AS3491 accept AS-CAIS
import: 	      from AS4513 accept AS-GLOBIX
import: 	      from AS4565 accept AS-EPOCH
import: 	      from AS6456 accept AS6456
import: 	      from AS7610 accept AS-SINGAREN
import: 	      from AS8075 accept AS8075
export:        to AS1239 announce AS-RGNET
export:        to AS2914 announce AS-RGNET
export:        to AS3927 announce ANY
export:        to AS3970 announce ANY
export:        to AS4128 announce ANY
export: 	      to AS101 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS11726 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS12111 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS16713 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS2044 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS3491 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS4513 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS4565 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS6456 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS7610 announce AS-RGNET
export: 	      to AS8075 announce AS-RGNET
notify:        rw at rg.net
mnt-by:        MAINT-RGNET
changed:       randy at psg.com 20030905
source:        RIPE

***Info: Authorisation for  [aut-num] AS3130
         using mnt-by:
         authenticated by: MAINT-RGNET

randy

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