[db-wg] whois_rip feature request, multiple inverse attribute queries needed

Perhaps it is time to think about leaving the whois query syntax as it 
is now and look at a different way of looking up things in RIR DBs 
(based on crisp?).
The current RIPE whois syntax may not be the best but it has been 
consistent for quite a few years and overloading it is likely to not 
make things easier for casual users while it would be muddle things for 
long time users

Just my opinion

joao


On 9 Feb, 2005, at 17:58, Shane Kerr wrote:
> While we would be reluctant to allow actual SQL searches into the 
> database,
> we might be able to open the database up to an SQL-like search 
> language:
>
> $ whois --search tech-c='TOC76-RIPE' and mnt-by='CW-EUROPE-GSOC'
>
> $ whois --search nic-hdl='kiri'