Re: [db-wg] whois_rip feature request, multiple inverse attribute queries needed

Perhaps it is time to think about leaving the whois query syntax as it is now and look at a different way of looking up things in RIR DBs (based on crisp?). The current RIPE whois syntax may not be the best but it has been consistent for quite a few years and overloading it is likely to not make things easier for casual users while it would be muddle things for long time users Just my opinion joao On 9 Feb, 2005, at 17:58, Shane Kerr wrote:

While we would be reluctant to allow actual SQL searches into the database, we might be able to open the database up to an SQL-like search language:

$ whois --search tech-c='TOC76-RIPE' and mnt-by='CW-EUROPE-GSOC'

$ whois --search nic-hdl='kiri'