RE: syntax for fixed size tables within SNMP MIBS

Thanks Dave. That's pretty much what I thought. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Shield
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:04 PM
> To: Lewis Adam-VNQM87
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: syntax for fixed size tables within SNMP MIBS
> 
> On 6 April 2010 17:22, Lewis Adam-VNQM87 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 1. Is the error message correct if we want to support the
> >     latest SNMP standards?
> 
> RowStatus is certainly the standard mechanism for controlling 
> the creation/deletion of rows in SNMP tables.
>    But I'm not sure I'd describe it as an _error_ for a table to
> not have a RowStatus column.   It's certainly worth a warning,
> but it's not actually an error.
> 
> 
> > 2. If we know a table has a fixed number of entries, is 
> there a syntax we
> >     can use to specify that rows cannot be created?
> 
> Define the column objects as "read-only" or "read-write".
> If the columns are not "read-create", then the validator 
> should not attempt to require a RowStatus column.
>    (And if it does, then it's broken IMO!)
> 
> Dave
> 

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