[Pdns-users] records.change_date field

[Roeland Nieuwenhuis]

Hi,

Quoted from the manual:

The fields have complicated and sometimes controversial meanings. The
'serial' field is special. If left at 0, the default, PDNS will perform
an internal list of the domain to determine highest change_date field of
all records within the zone, and use that as the zone serial number.
This means that the serial number is always raised when changes are made
to the zone, as long as the change_date field is being set.

This is what the change_date field does. For PowerAdmin I am working on
a list that will also describe the database fields in PowerDNS, it will
be released within a month I guess.. Depends on the amount of spare time
I will have.

Regards,

Roeland Nieuwenhuis

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[mailto:pdns-users-bounces at mailman.powerdns.com] Namens Ryan Baldwin
Verzonden: vrijdag 4 juli 2003 0:33
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Onderwerp: [Pdns-users] records.change_date field


Hi...
Does anybody know where I can find some additional info about what
exactly each field in the pdns db backed is for?  I'm writing some code
for updating zones here, and I'm wondering if I have to "touch" the
records.change_date field, and, if so, what value it's expecting (I
imagine a tick count?).

Thanks.
- Ryan Baldwin
Programmer
Point2 Technologies Inc.
www.point2.com
www.point2agent.com