Re: How to Delete Objects from the RADB

[Selina Priestley <selina () ans net>]

This is very nice.  Thanks!  

I think it's important to note specifically that the changed: attribute 
cannot be altered either in order for a delete to be accepted, since this 
is counter-intuitive for some folks (uh, me ;-).  

Selina

> A number of you have had problems when you tried to delete an object
> from the RADB.  Here is a brief tutorial on the subject.  If you 
> have additional questions, please send a note to db-admin () ra net.
>
> -Brian
>
>
>                    How to Delete Objects from the RADB
>  
>  Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and network operators will often need
>  to delete Route objects, AS objects, or Maintainer objects from the
>  RADB.  You'll need to delete a Route object (and submit a new one), for
>  example, if:
>  
>    --You are changing ISPs and need to change the origin AS (Home AS) for
>      your route
>    --You are no longer using a particular route prefix
>    --You are moving to a larger aggregate and want to delete a more
>      specific prefix
>  
>  If you want to change any of the following attributes, you'll first need
>  to delete the object, and then re-submit the corrected one:
>  
>       Object                   Field
>       -----                    -----
>       Route                    route:
>                                origin:
>       AS                       aut-num:
>       Maintainer               mntner:
>  
>  Follow these instructions to delete an object from the RADB:
>  
>  1. Use the whois tool to get a copy of the object exactly as it currently
>     exists in the registry.  Put the object in a temporary file.  For
>     example:
>  
>          whois -h whois.ra.net 10.1.2.0/24 > temp
>  
>  2. Edit the 'temp' file you've created.  If the file contains more than
>     one object, remove the extra objects so that only the object or
>     objects you want to delete remain.
>  
>  3. Do not change any lines in the object(s) you want to delete.  Simply
>     append a line such as the following to the objects:
>  
>          delete:  user () your net <reason for the deletion>
>  
>     To delete more than one object, append a 'delete:' line to each object
>     and separate each object by a blank line.  Your 'temp' file might then
>     look like this:
>
>        route:       10.1.2/24
>          descr:       Example-NET
>        origin:      AS0
>        mnt-by:      AS0-MNT
>        changed:     pern@Example-NET 950525
>        source:      RADB
>        delete:      user () your net prefix no longer used
>
>        route:       10.1.3/24
>        descr:       Example-NET
>        origin:      AS0
>        comm-list:   COMM_NSFNET
>        advisory:    AS690 1:701(136) 2:701(134) 3:1800
>        mnt-by:      AS0-MNT
>        changed:     pern@Example-NET 950525
>        source:      RADB
>        delete:      user () your net prefix no longer used
>  
>  4. Submit the object to auto-dbm () ra net.  For example:
>  
>          mail auto-dbm () ra net < temp
>  
>  If you have further questions about deleting RADB objects, send e-mail
>  to db-admin () ra net.