Search Again: Re: QuickDNS Scripting Woes From: Phillip D Sanders Date: Friday, January 21, 2000 Time: 2:11:00 am On Thu, Jan 20, 2000, QuickDNS Talk <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> spaketh thusly: >Subject: Re: QuickDNS Scripting Woes >From: "Men & Mice Support" <cbuxton@menandmice.com> >Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 23:34:55 -0800 > >At 11:51 PM -0500 1/19/2000, Phillip D Sanders wrote: >>I exported the secondary domains (included script failed - had to roll my >>own...) > >Correct, the export script wasn't designed to work with the Secondary >Domains file. > >>I then had to import them in alphabetical order (another applescript) > >How exactly did you alphabetize them? Presumably, you determined your >import order _before_ trying to add the records to the Secondary >Domains file. > >>At first it maintained my 0-9, A-Z order, then it mysteriously swapped to >>Z-A,9-0 order!!! > >Sounds like either your sorting algorithm got munged, or you weren't >telling QuickDNS Pro Admin _where_ in the file to create the new >record - each "make new record" statement should include the phrase >"at the end of theFile", or some such. Nope - I traced the problem more thoroughly after my post... 1) I ordered the records into a flat file 2) I inserted the records in order - they were perfect 3) I saved the file - remained ordered on re-opening 4) After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I discovered that it's very regular... Whenever I add a domain(s) and save the file, it flops the order 5) So finally, about 4am I had abstracted my code enough to make it handle either order and it's workable, BUT... I have to re-index each time it runs and that's 75% of the execution time... I had initially designed the script to MAINTAIN an index so it would be faster. Obviously that doesn't work with the flopping sort order... >>I'm worried now that it's going to do worse than reverse the sort by >>domain, to start sorting by IP or some other insane criteria. >> Chris, I'll send you the script off-list. ~Phi ============================= Phillip D Sanders PagePlanet / PagePlop Phone: (919) 233-6602 Email: phillip@pageplanet.com

Messages In This Thread: QuickDNS Scripting Woes by Phillip D Sanders on Jan 20, 2000 at 4:51:00 am Re: QuickDNS Scripting Woes by Men & Mice Support on Jan 20, 2000 at 7:34:00 am Re: QuickDNS Scripting Woes by Phillip D Sanders on Jan 21, 2000 at 2:11:00 am Re: QuickDNS Scripting Woes by Men & Mice Support on Jan 21, 2000 at 10:17:00 am