SNMP queries not comparing correctly

BHarvey · Post by **BHarvey** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:33 pm

If an SNMP query return is formatted as a string, when doing a numeric comparison (e.g., >, <, etc.) it improperly compares results. For instance, the UCD-snmp OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.3.1 is the 1 minute load average returned as type 'String'. If setting a check like "If <OID result> > 10 ", it fails even if the result is 2.2. Can we have a checkbox to force this to be evaluated as an integer instead of a string? This would be very helpful when using the UCD-snmp extTable entries as the output is always returned as type String.

Thanks.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 11:08 pm

I cannot say "SNMP queries not comparing correctly". HostMonitor checks type of result and makes a comparison according to data type. Unfortunately SNMP protocol doesn't have any non integer numeric type and some programs must use string type to represent numbers.
You are right, new option can be useful. Problem just where find space on screen for this option.. will think

Regards
Alex