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dlg_23340
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Nov 23, 2011

"class match starts_with" behavior

My own testing seems to indicate that the return of [class match -value -- $var starts_with data_group] returns the value of the longest key, but I can't find any documentation to support this. Can a...
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Nov 23, 2011

i have seen ID222001 "class match" and "class search" need "-all" parameter which mentioning the first entry will be returned but as i tested, i got the same result as yours. not sure if i missed anything. does another guy get similar result??

 

 

[root@ve1023:Active] config b rule myrule list

 

rule myrule {

 

when RULE_INIT {

 

log local0. "foo: [class get foo]"

 

for {set i 0} {$i < [class size foo]} {incr i} {

 

log local0. "index$i: [class element $i foo]"

 

}

 

log local0. "\[class match -value abcdef starts_with foo\]: [class match -value abcdef starts_with foo]"

 

}

 

}

 

[root@ve1023:Active] config b class foo list

 

class foo {

 

{

 

"ab" { "333" }

 

"abc" { "111" }

 

"abcd" { "222" }

 

}

 

}

 

 

[root@ve1023:Active] config tail /var/log/ltm

 

Nov 23 13:48:04 local/ve1023 err mcpd[21973]: 01020066:3: The requested rule (myrule) already exists in partition Common.

 

Nov 23 13:48:05 local/tmm info tmm[23027]: Rule myrule : foo: {abc 111} {abcd 222} {ab 333}

 

Nov 23 13:48:05 local/tmm info tmm[23027]: Rule myrule : index0: abc 111

 

Nov 23 13:48:05 local/tmm info tmm[23027]: Rule myrule : index1: abcd 222

 

Nov 23 13:48:05 local/tmm info tmm[23027]: Rule myrule : index2: ab 333

 

Nov 23 13:48:05 local/tmm info tmm[23027]: Rule myrule : [class match -value abcdef starts_with foo]: 222