[db-wg] person objects update

Hi Pieterjan,

On 2004-03-16 17:26:21 +0100, Pieterjan d'Hertog wrote:
[...]
> 
> I've also another problem with accentued caracter (like é,è,à)
> 
> For example in the person field this gives an error :
> 
> Véronique Bonne :
> 
> > Update FAILED: [person] AUTO-43
> > ***Error: Syntax error in object
> >
> > person:  V.ronique Bonne
> > ***Error: Syntax error in "V.ronique Bonne"

The person/role attribute is a search key. So it must not contain
any non-ASCII character (this restriction derives from the fact
that the whois protocol does not have any means for specifiying
or negotiating the character set, so any non-ASCII character would
be problematic as it would not be known which actual letter it
stands for).  That accented 'e' is converted into a dot because of
a bug.  Please see below.


> > address:  Booiebos 25
> > address:  4031 Drongen
> > address:  Belgium
> > phone:  +32 9 265 95 65
> > nic-hdl:  AUTO-43
> > mnt-by:  SKYNETBE-MNT
> > changed:  ripe at skynet.be 20040127
> > source:  RIPE
> 
> And in the other fiels accents are replaced by a "."
> 
> ---
> OBJECT BELOW CREATED:
> 
> person:       JONG-HYUB CHOI
> address:      Chauss.e de la Hulpe 175
>                  ^^^^^^^^

This is a known bug.  Any non-ASCII character will be converted into
a dot due to this bug.  We are working on fixing this one. 


> address:      1170 Bruxelles
> address:      Belgium
> phone:        +32 2 351 55 87
> nic-hdl:      JC1949-RIPE
> mnt-by:       SKYNETBE-MNT
> changed:      ripe at skynet.be 20031217
> source:       RIPE
> 
> 
> This causes us trouble when we try to delete the objects automaticaly 
> afterwards.
> Is it foreseen to add support for accentueted caracters to the db ?
> 
> Thanks a lot for your time.
> 
> Pieterjan. 

Best regards,

-- 
Engin Gunduz
RIPE NCC Software Engineering Department