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Craig_Jackson_2
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Feb 11, 2009

Initializing Statistics Profiles

How does one initialize a Statistics Profile?     I note that the STATS commands can't be used in RULE_INIT.     I'd like to keep a "max" value in a stats profile, but it has to ...
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Deb_Allen_18
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Feb 11, 2009
Hey Craig -

Not the most optimal method, perhaps, since it uses a global var & has to test the var for each new conn, but give this a try:
when RULE_INIT {  
   set ::stats_rst 1  
 }  
 when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {  
   if { $::stats_rst == 1 }{  
     STATS::set profilename fieldname 0  
     set ::stats_rst 0  
   }  
 }

/deb