Leslie,  I don't really understand what you are saying.  Can you
clarify????
Also, Is it possible to have NetView send an E-mail when it discovers a new
device that was not configured properly with sysContact and sysLocation
information?
---------------------- Forwarded by Lucy Premus/Bsg/MetLife/US on 12/29/98
09:01 AM ---------------------------


Leslie Clark <lclark AT US.IBM DOT COM> on 12/23/98 10:12:10 PM

Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
      NetView <NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu>

To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
cc:    (bcc: Lucy Premus/Bsg/MetLife/US)
Subject:  Null value in Collection substring




Have you tried < something? Ascii null is 00, space is 20, then ! is 21,
then the numbers,
then the uppercase letters, then the lowercase letters. So <! ought to
catch both those
that show up as null and those that show up as blank, and you don't have to
deal
with feeding a blank or a null to the collection editor.  (This is why I
carry around my
old S/370 Reference Card!)

Now... everybody go home! Get a life!

Cordially,

Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking


I'm trying to create a collection for resources that have no sysContact or
sysLocation information defined.  I'm sure theres a simple answer to this,
but I've tried everything and I am stumped.  How do you define a null value
for the substring field entry after selecting the sysContact and
sysLocation attributes?