THanks a lot for the tip. BR
On 2/3/13, Zane Thomas <zane.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Benjamin, > > DNSPacket * which is passed in to the lookup method can be used to > determine what the original query type was. I very much needed to use > the packet pointer in order to select which records of a set which, in > the database my backend interfaces too, are as a set non-rfc > compliant. My approach was to look a the packet query type and return > to pdns only those records it needs to answer the query. > > Zane > > > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen <a...@develooper.com> > wrote: >> >> On Feb 2, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Peter van Dijk <peter.van.d...@netherlabs.nl> >> wrote: >> >>> However, no backend should *need* the exact qtype. Why do you think you >>> need it? >> >> For my application[1] it's (relatively) expensive to figure out the answer >> and the answers can't be cached in the server, so figuring it out for any >> possible record type is just wasteful. >> >> >> Ask >> >> [1] I made it in Go instead of as a pipe backend when I was upgrading the >> system last fall: https://github.com/abh/geodns >> _______________________________________________ >> Pdns-dev mailing list >> Pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com >> http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev > > > > -- > Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. > _______________________________________________ > Pdns-dev mailing list > Pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com > http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev > _______________________________________________ Pdns-dev mailing list Pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev
