Thanks Frank for the quick reply. That was helpful. best, Pradip
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Frank Fock <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pradip, > > The toSubIndex(..) methods of the SMI types > are used to form an index OID from SNMP values. > It does *not* hash the values. It simply > transforms them. For OctetStrings, it uses each > characters decimal value as OID sub-identifier. > > To generate a integer index, you can use: > > IndexGenerator ig = new IndexGenerator(new Integer32(0)); > OID nextIndex = ig.nextSubIndex(); > > Regards, > Frank > > pradip de wrote: > >> Hi, >> What is the typical technique for generating an index to add a row in a >> table ? What does the OctetString.toSubIndex(boolean) actually do? Does it >> generate a OID index by using some kind of hashing mechanism over the >> OCtetString? Should I use an OctetString that I can assume to be unique >> for >> each row I add and use it to create an index? I have no problem with this >> but sometimes it generates a really long OID for that field. How do I get >> index values of single integers incremented each time I add a row? >> thanks, >> Pradip >> _______________________________________________ >> SNMP4J mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.agentpp.org/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j >> > > -- > AGENT++ > http://www.agentpp.com > http://www.snmp4j.com > http://www.mibexplorer.com > http://www.mibdesigner.com > > _______________________________________________ SNMP4J mailing list [email protected] http://lists.agentpp.org/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j
