Immediate - Date in Changed field
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Carol Orange
Carol.Orange at ripe.net
Mon Jan 13 19:27:48 CET 1997
In message <9701131817.AA09140 at jade.noc.dfn.de>, Joachim Schmitz writes: >> >> Dear Cengiz, >> >> you wrote: >> > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 10:14:20 -0800 >> > Message-Id: <199701131814.AA22919 at cat.isi.edu> >> > From: Cengiz Alaettinoglu <cengiz at ISI.EDU> >> > To: noc at noc.dfn.de >> > Cc: woeber at cc.univie.ac.at (Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet), >> > Carol.Orange at ripe.net, db-wg at ripe.net >> > Subject: Re: Immediate - Date in Changed field >> > >> [...] >> > > > Hi DB-folks! >> > > > >> > > > On a slightly different aspect, >> > > > and assuming that we change things anyway... >> > > > >> > > > How about running the RIPE-DB (and maybe gradually all the others :- >> ) on >> > > > a UTC basis, according to some recent suggestions? >> > > >> > > I think both the 4 digit year presentation and the UTC basis (I estimat >> e >> > > this includes hh:mm:ss as well) are a very valuable extension for time >> > > stamps in the RIPE-db. This might as well ease some of the troubles in >> > > updates within the "near real time" mirrors. >> > >> > I definitely agree for the need for this. But the changed attribute is >> > inserted by the person who registers the object, not by the database >> > software, he has the full control over which timezone he uses and to >> > lie. >> > >> > May be what we really want is a timestamp field with the granularity >> > you suggest and in UTC zone, but inserted to the objects automatically >> > by the database software. I see a lot of value in this. >> > >> I completely agree with you. This can only be done if the database software >> sets the time stamp. I guess this also solves most of the race conditions >> otherwise implied. This would most definitely be a significant improvement (but is a different point than the "changed" field) I believe this is on the the list of Open Issues to be reviewed next week. If not it will be then. Greetings, -- Carol
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