[Pdns-users] add or delete in updatepolicy.lua

[Daniel Feuchtinger]

Am 12.11.25 um 16:54 schrieb Otto Moerbeek:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 01:08:49PM +0100, Daniel Feuchtinger via Pdns-users wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> how do I know, if an update is a deletion inside the lua updatepolicy function shown here:
>> https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/dnsupdate.html#dnsupdate-update-policy
>>
>> I would like to log add/update, but not deletions.
>>
>> Can I get additional information like TTL in the policy script too?
> 
> The docs say:
> 
>    int getQType() - record type, it can be 255(ANY) for delete

If the type is ANY, it must be a delete, but if it's another
type, it could be add or delete I think.

Thanks for the reply, I'll have to work around the problem with
information outside of the policy script I guess.

> 
> now I do wonder how that maps to the various types of deletes listed
> in section 2.5.2 - 2.5.4 of RFC 2136. Maybe somebody more knowledable
> in this area can tell us more.
> 
> 
> TTL value is not available, only the fields mentioned in the docs are.
> 
> 	-Otto
> 
>