[Pdns-users] Client IP address in backend query?

[bert hubert]

On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 12:14:16PM +0100, Daniel Eggleston wrote:
> Does anybody know if it's possible to pass the client IP address as a 
> variable to the gmysql backend in a custom query?

What an interesting idea! Not immediately obvious how to add it though. We
could have a certain magic %IP% instruction or so.

> I am currently using the binary RPM distribution but am willing to 
> rebuild from source if required -  any help appreciated!

The canonical way to do things like these is via the pipe backend. Are you
sure your needs could be matched by getting the client IP in the SQL query?

	Bert

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