Yesterday Jake Brutlag wrote: | | > the xml file ? you changed the dump format ? oops that sliped ... | > will have to check the idea of a xml format is that the <keywords> | > are stable ... you can not use the keywords to transport | > information ... | | I am not certain I understand the question. Here is what the current | (post-patch) dump code generates: | <cf> cf name </cf> | <pdp_per_row> value </pdp_per_row> | <params> | <value> value1 </value> | <value> value2 </value> | ... | </params> | Restore, of course, reads this. The old style was: | <cf> cf name </cf> | <pdp_per_row> value </pdp_per_row> | <xff> value </xff> | <cdp_prep> ... | Of course, there was only one RRA parameter, namely xff. | The syntax I am now proposing (for example) is: | <cf> cf name </cf> | <pdp_per_row> value </pdp_per_row> | <params> | <xff> value </xff> | </params> | OR (for example in the case of the HWPREDICT RRA): | <cf> cf name </cf> | <pdp_per_row> value </pdp_per_row> | <params> | <hw_alpha> value </hw_alpha> | <hw_beta> value </hw_beta> | <dependent_rra_index> value </dependent_rra_index> | </params> | With this approach, it is clear from a glance what the RRA parameters are. | This also frees the xml dump from a fixed number of RRA parameters. | Currently the code only supports 10, but that may change at some point in | the future (though this would break backwards compatibility). The only | downside is that the list of parameters tags will not be same for all RRAs. | But as far as I can tell the xml will still be "well-formed" (here is the | definition: http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/general/what-is-xml.asp). The same | could be done within the cdp_prep scratch array.
yes ... no problem ... now I see what you are aiming at ... adding params back in sounds fine by me tobi | | Jake | | Jake Brutlag | Network Analyst | Microsoft WebTV | -- ______ __ _ /_ __/_ / / (_) Oetiker, Timelord & SysMgr @ EE-Dept ETH-Zurich / // _ \/ _ \/ / TEL: +41(0)1-6325286 FAX:...1517 ICQ: 10419518 /_/ \.__/_.__/_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-developers WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
