Got it. I thought min_column and max_column were indexes for the rows and not for the columns.
Now it is clear. Thanks jmf On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 14:38 +0100, Dave Shield wrote: > On 07/03/07, Joao Miguel Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > About this piece of code generated by mib2c what is the usage/meaning of > > min_column and max_column ?? > > 'min_column' is the column number of the first (accessible) column in the > table, and 'max_column' is the column number of the last column. > > For example, sysORTable (in SNMPv2-MIB) is defined as: > > SysOREntry ::= SEQUENCE { > sysORIndex INTEGER, > sysORID OBJECT IDENTIFIER, > sysORDescr DisplayString, > sysORUpTime TimeStamp > } > > with > sysORID OBJECT-TYPE.... ::= { sysOREntry 2 } > & > sysORUpTime OBJECT-TYPE.... ::= { sysOREntry 4 } > > so min_column=2 and max_column=4 > > (Note that sysORIndex is defined as "not-accessible", which > is why min_column isn't 1) > > > > This is part of the table initialization code.... Am I compromising the > > future possible growth of the table or this is only for initialization > > purposes ? > > This doesn't affect the number of *rows* in the table - just the > number of columns. If the definition of the table changes, then > you'd have to update these values. But you'd need to add code > to handle the new columns anyway. > > > > Put it another way: if I simply do not initialize it (ex: max=0, min=0) > > would the subsequent procedures work ? > > No. > The agent wouldn't know which columns were valid. > > Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users