Mushtaq wrote: Thanks for giving the suggestion, In fact i have suggest to ways of implemeneting float to my client, 1.Choose a unit such that float can be represented as integer. 2.Use string to represent floating point numbers and do the conversion on Agent, while applying the values to the system.
Thanks, -Mushtaq Mike Ayers wrote: >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of mushtaq khan >>Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:40 AM >>To: net-user >>Subject: [Fwd: What SNMP data type can i use to represent a >>floating pointnumber?] >> >> > > > >>I am using net-snmp version 5.4. I have some variables of >>floating point data type, and i don't know what SNMP data >>type i used use for it. Please help me in this regard. >> >> > > There is no standard way to move floating point data via SNMP. I have > never seen a use case that merited it. You may want to reexamine what you > are trying to do and make sure that you do in fact need to send floatting > point data ovber the network. > > Of course, you may have a good *reason* to send floating point data > across the network, and I have seen many of those, the most common of which > is "my boss told me to get this floating point data across the network and > I'm addicted to food and shelter." Therefore, I offer two suggestions, both > of which involve sending octet strings: > > 1) The robust way is to use printf and scanf (yes, scanf!) to > stringify the value. There will probably be some loss of precision, but > floats are inherently imprecise. > > 2) The precise way is to use a serialization library such as OSSP xdr > to losslessly convert the data into binary form. This can only be used in > environments that support XDR. > > > Good luck, > >Mike > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >_______________________________________________ >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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ 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
