At 11:54 AM 8/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
> > >
> > > * is the 64-char limit on strings defined by the protocol, or
> > > just a limitation of the perl client?
>
>The 64 char limit is on certain contact fields. The limit is imposed by our
>database design. i.e. we only accept a max of 64 characters for various
>contact info fields. Not sure why this is. It may be that NSI only accepted
>64 characters so that's what we used in our design. We will investigate.
Further info on this issue:
>From: Tom McDonald
>To: Scott Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: New Protocol Comments/Questions
>
> The only limits from NSI would be regarding domain name length and
> the length of the nameservers (63 characters per entity:
> dns1.vpop.net has three 'entities', each could be up to 63
> characters).
>
> As for contact info, I'm sure we just made reasonable restraints on
> various fields. For instance, the city field would not need to
> have more than 64 characters (well, I hope not). Which fields are
> causing the problem?
sA
Scott Allan
Director OpenSRS
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
