Re: MIB Data Type

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 23:53:50 +0530 Jude wrote:
JAA> I want to understand the difference between
JAA> MIB's OCTET STRING and DISPLAY string...

A Display string is just an octet string that is defined to contain ascii
characters.

JAA> wat should i use to store some "description or text"

DisplayString.

JAA> Should i use.. SIZE of SIZE RANGE??

If you want to describe that the string has certain size restrictions, then
yes. If the string can be in the range defined by DisplayString (0-255), then
you don't need to add anything.

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