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kend
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Jan 16, 2012

iRule Syntax

I have an iRule where I am using the set command to create a pool name to a variable. The command is "set hostpool pool_$msrdp". The command works the way it is, but I want to add additional charact...
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hooleylist
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Jan 16, 2012
Hi Ken,

If you're trying to use a dynamically named pool you should use catch to handle errors where the pool name doesn't exist:

http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/catch.htm 


if {[catch {pool $my_pool} result]==0}{
 Assigned $my_pool pool successfully
} else {
 Failed to assign $my_pool pool
}

Aaron