IP-Assignment with sqlippool based on nas-ip-address

[tnt at kalik.net]

>> >>> Hm, does it "see" NULL greater than now()? Replace NULL in expiry_time
>> >>> column with "0000-00-00 00:00:00" (that's what MySQL thinks null
>> >>> datetime is - it will match IS NULL). And in that previous query
>> replace
>> >>> = NULL with = '0000-00-00 00:00:00'.
>> >>>
>> >>> If this is so, sqlippool schema will need to be changed.
>> >>
>> >> This works. Yes, i think the schema really needs a update.
>> >
>> >  As always, patches are welcome.
>> >
>> 
>> It probably needs just a change from NULL to '0000-00-00 00:00:00' for
>> the expiry_time default value in ippool.sql.
>> 
>> expiry_time IS NULL will match if value is '0000-00-00 00:00:00'. I
>> will fix the queries to use MySQL null value (0000-00-00 00:00:00) and
>> not NULL, since NULL doesn't work in <now() compare.
>> 
>
>Yes, that should work...
>

I am afraid it won't. NULL and '0000-00-00 00:00:00' are treated
differently in 4.x and 5.x MySQL versions. You can make it work for one
but not the other.

I have a different idea - scrap NULL and use now() as default. I'll see
what needs to be changed for queries to work.

Ivan Kalik
Kalik Informatika ISP