Re: [Q] DNS(bind) ER model - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Roderick A. Anderson
Subject Re: [Q] DNS(bind) ER model
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Msg-id 48A59733.4020302@acm.org
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In response to Re: [Q] DNS(bind) ER model  (David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com>)
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David Goodenough wrote:
> On Friday 15 August 2008, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
>> Anyone aware of an ER model for holding name server records?
>>
>> Working on the zone file data and I am getting close but keep running
>> into the differences between MX records (with a priority) and the others
>> that can hold either a domain/sub-domain/host name or an IP address
>> depending on whether is an A, TXT, PTR, etc. or a CNAME.
>>
>> Much of the database will be populated and changed automagically so the
>> controller for the application will do the right thing but humans will
>> get involved every so often.  I hope I can get the database to make the
>> right thing easy and the wrong thing "impossible" for them.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>> Rod
>> --
>
> Have you looked at mydns?  It is a database driven DNS server - and it
> works just fine with Postgresql.

David,

I believe I looked at mydns, and there was a sqldns also, quite awhile
ago thinking to use that model as a starting point but the project got
side-lined so I never followed up.  The project is back on so I'll look
again.

Thanks,
Rod
--
>
> David
>


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