Dear Mike, "Mike Norris" <mnorris@hea.ie> writes: * * Good idea, Ambrose. I presume the asterisk is a * place-holder and will appear in the case of attributes * that are neither look-up nor inverse keys? Yes. The aim is to make the output easier to read. I suppose an "-" character or a blank space could be used instead. I will think about it. If you have anymore questions, please contact <ripe-dbm@ripe.net>. Regards, Ambrose Magee ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration. * * Regards. * * Mike * * * >person: [mandatory] [single] [look-up key] * >address: [mandatory] [multiple] * * >phone: [mandatory] [multiple] * * >fax-no: [optional] [multiple] * * >e-mail: [optional] [multiple] [look-up key] * >nic-hdl: [optional] [single] [look-up key] * >remarks: [optional] [multiple] * * >notify: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] * >mnt-by: [optional] [multiple] [inverse key] * >changed: [mandatory] [multiple] * * >source: [mandatory] [single] * * > * >where [look-up key] indicates that you use this * >attribute as an argument to whois and [inverse key] * >indicates that you can use the attribute as an * >argument to whois -i.