Re: [Openinteract-help] Problem Installing Package Data

[Eric R. <er...@1s...>]

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Chris Winters wrote:

> From that it sounds like you might be doing something like:
>
>   [ qw/ 1, Foo 55.0 / ],
>
> Since this is using 'qw' the first member is actually '1,' and if you
> try to treat it as a number your database might barf. It would be
> difficult to tell without looking at your data file.
>

Alright, figured it out.  Apparently OI doesn't like having blank fields
in the data file, as in:

$data = [
        { spops_class => 'OpenInteract::NMS::Config::Host',
          field_order => [ qw/ host_name alias address parents use name
register check_command max_check_attempts checks_enabled event_handler
event_handler_enabled low_flap_threshold high_flap_threshold
flap_detection_enabled failure_prediction_enabled process_perf_data
retain_status_information retain_nonstatus_information
notification_interval notification_period notifications_options
notifications_enabled stalking_options / ],
        },
        [ "", "", "", "", "", "default-host", "0", "check-host-alive",
          "10", "", "", "1", "", "", "1", "", "1", "1", "1", "480",
          "24x7", "", "1", "" ],
        [ "wavelength", "wavelength", "66.101.60.4", "", "default-host",
          "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
          "", "", "" ],
];

(Only 2 example rows included, as the rest of them mirror the format of
the 2nd row.)

This data file was generated by a script which parsed a set of config
files.  Not every config entry will contain every parameter, so there
-will- be undefined field values.  Is there a way to make OI accept these
undefined field values, or does every field in field_order need to be
defined?

If I can't get OI to import this data I will just modify my config parsing
script and have it dump the data directly in to the OI-generated table.
No big deal.

> Well, OI isn't 'pure' in any sense. Some of the functions are too
> complex and overdesigned and thus difficult to understand for
> newcomers. But, have faith: there is a light at the end of the tunnel!
> Once you get a handle on things you can create some very cool stuff.
>

I can see the light, and it's slowly getting larger.  (=

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