My apologies, I had forgotten that if you do a lookup via the API it returns results. Since in the RWI there is no lookup phase, you only get an error when you try to register the domain (not just place it in pending, which has no business processes in place)
Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Evgeniy Pirogov > Sent: March 7, 2002 10:37 AM > To: Eric Paynter > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: List of municipal restricted .ca names? > > > > Use RCL to do lookup on .ca domain > > Request :$VAR1 = { 'object' => 'domain', > 'attributes' => { > 'affiliate_id' => '', > 'domain' => 'york.bc.ca' > }, > 'registrant_ip' => '10.0.12.165', > 'protocol' => 'XCP', > 'action' => 'lookup' > }; > > ====================================== > > Response :$VAR1 = { > 'attributes' => { > 'upg_to_subdomain' => undef, > 'status' => 'available', > 'reason' => undef, > 'price_status' => undef > }, > 'response_text' => 'Domain name is restricted to > municipal government.', > 'is_success' => '1', > 'response_code' => '247' > }; > > > response_code 247 means 'Domain name is restricted to municipal > government' and if End User wants to register it, then domain format must > be like <municipal_prefix>.NAME[.CANADA_PROVICE].ca > > list of possible municipal prefixes can be found on RWI > > > There is another similar important <response_code> 246 on lookup request, > and it means Domain name is reserved: names of other level exist. > (Blocked domain) > > > E.Pirogov > OpenSRS Developer > > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Eric Paynter wrote: > > > OK, CIRA has me pulling my hair out again... We have a domain in pending > > queue because the customer's credit card information (address > etc.) was out > > of date. After spending considerable time on the phone with this person > > convincing him to go to the bank and update his info so that we > can do an > > address verification, waiting days for this to be done while > playing phone > > tag with the customer, listening to him gripe at us about how > he believes he > > really shouldn't be doing business on the Internet anyway > because all this > > fraud prevention stuff is scaring him, finally getting > confirmation that the > > info is updated and getting a green light from Visa that the > info matches... > > Click "Register Now" in the RWI and it returns: "Domain name is > restricted > > to municipal government." > > > > Now I get to formulate the email that says sorry, we are so > incompetant that > > we didn't even realize ahead of time your domain name is not > available to a > > Canadian Citizen which is exactly what you put on our order form so we > > should have been able to catch it... Better luck next time! > > > > My questions: > > > > 1. Why doesn't OpenSRS catch this when the order is placed? > > 2. Where is the list of municipal restricted .ca names so we > can do our own > > checking in the future? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Eric P. > > > > -- > > arctic bears - email and name services > > 25 email addresses@yourdomain CA$11.95/month > > DNS starting at CA$3.49/month - domains from CA$25.95/year > > for details contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit > http://www.arcticbears.com > > >
