Test ID

gdvl · Post by **gdvl** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 5:15 am

Alex,

Cause it's possible to use the same name for two differents tests, I think there is a unique ID to represent each test. Is this ID available in a macro, so I can use in in our logging DB.
Now, I loose the connection with previous records when a test is renamed.

Regards,
Gert

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:05 pm

You are right, each test has unique ID. If you need macro variable that represent this ID, download update (www.ks-soft.net/download/hm411.zip) and use %TestID% macro.

Regards
Alex

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:30 pm

Is this ID unique like a database primary key or just for the current settings. In other words, if a test is deleted can the ID be used by another test?

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 9:14 am

When you delete a test and create new one, new test will have another ID.
But if you delete a test, save changes and reload HostMonitor (or HML file), new test may have the same ID.

Regards
Alex

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 9:28 am

Most ideal would be an ID that is never reused when the test is deleted. It wil prevent conflicts with historical logging..

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:59 pm

Agree, but we never published ID before. So there was no any difference how ID assigned by HostMonior.
To change this mechanism now we need to change (a little) HML file format. I think we will do that but when we will have one more reason (e.g. new test method will be implemented).
BTW internal IDs that HostMonitor uses for report profiles, mail profiles, alerts, etc always unique.

Regards
Alex

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:57 am

OK, since you have some time now

Is it also possible to create an export mechanism to export ID and Testname to a seperate SQL table?? By this I mean a HostMonitor function which wil update a SQL table when a test name is changed?

It would be a start for the database part of the following discussion: Suggestions for improvements

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 9:12 pm

Sounds familiar. I remember we already talked about HostMonitor and ODBC tables instead of HML files; different modules, distributed monitoring... Must be very useful for huge corporations but I don't think it will be implemented in version 4. More likely in version 5

Regards
Alex

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 12:27 pm

Ok, now each test has unique ID that is never reused within HML file.
There is unofficial update at www.ks-soft.net/download/hm411.zip

Regards
Alex

Igorek · Post by **Igorek** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:04 pm

Marcus wrote:Is it also possible to create an export mechanism to export ID and Testname to a seperate SQL table?? By this I mean a HostMonitor function which wil update a SQL table when a test name is changed?

I vote