NicToolServerAPI new_zone_record autoincrementing serial

[shaun]

I'm writing a script that will send all of my bind zones from my machines to nictool.  The script will run every xx minutes.  I used to just send them to my own database and as a precausion i would check agains the serial in my db to make sure it wasnt higher than the one i'm sending.  When creating the zone i can specify a serial number but when creating records the serial is auto incremented.  Anyway to tell new_zone_records to leave the serial alone.

I just realized after writing this that i might be able to write a work around where at the end of of the new_zone_records process that i edit the zone and reset the serial but if possible i'd still rather not have to do that.

Thanks in advance.


Shaun.

[etherealnet]

Well, it's kinda ghetto but why not just increment each zone back 1 notch before importing and then you will end up with the original value. Also you could increment the serials on the bind zones you are importing so they match.

[shaun]

It increments everytime i add a record so setting the serial -1 would not work.  I would need my script to count how many zones i have and then set the serial.

I have decided to ignore the serial check and just force the send.  I ran my script on one of my servers and it imported/sent 230 bind zones with out problem, the only problem i had was with 1 zone because of the quick search but thats another post