[Pdns-users] MySQL table columns

[bert hubert]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:39:01PM +0200, Yves Goergen wrote:
> Second question: Is there an overview available that describes what each
> of the database table columns is good for? There's example data but it
> doesn't use all columns. Some columns are used for internal purposes
> I've read, but I haven't found a comprehensive list of all supported
> columns and what PowerDNS expects to read from them. Especially for
> diverse record types. There's the one with half a dozen of numbers and I
> don't know what to put where and what they all mean. If possible, I'd
> like to create a database view to give those ugly numbers a name and to
> have a table that only contains the data I want to maintain.

There is a description the other way around,
http://doc.powerdns.com/types.html

This describes for each record type what fields are used.

Right now, all fields in the records table are expected to be there.

So there is not a lot of room for removing things.

	Bert