RecordFieldName Property
This property contains the name of the property selected by FieldIndex .
Syntax
dns.getRecordFieldName(index, [callback])
Default Value
"0"
Callback
The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).
The callback for the getRecordFieldName([callback]) method is defined as:
function(err, data){ }
'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.
'data' is the value returned by the method.
The callback for the setRecordFieldName([callback]) method is defined as:
function(err){ }
'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.
'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:
err.code err.message
Remarks
This property contains the name of the property selected by RecordFieldIndex. Field names are different depending on the record type. For example, an MX record type will contain two properties: PREFERENCE and EXCHANGE, but an SOA record type contains seven properties.
Field names:
A Records | ADDRESS |
NS Records | DNAME |
MD | MADNAME |
MF | MADNAME |
CNAME | CNAME |
SOA | MNAME |
SOA | RNAME |
SOA | SERIAL |
SOA | REFRESH |
SOA | RETRY |
SOA | EXPIRE |
SOA | MINIMUM |
MB | MADNAME |
MG | MGMNAME |
MR | NEWNAME |
NULL | NULL |
WKS | ADDRESS |
WKS | PROTOCOL |
WKS | SERVICEMAP |
PTR | PTRDNAME |
HINFO | CPU |
HINFO | OS |
MINFO | RMAILBX |
MINFO | EMAILBX |
MX | PREFERENCE |
MX | EXCHANGE |
TXT | TXT |
RP | MBOXDNAME |
RP | TXTDNAME |
AFSDB | SUBTYPE |
AFSDB | HOSTNAME |
X25 | PSDNADDRESS |
ISDN | ISDNADDRESS |
RT | PREFERENCE |
RT | INTERMEDIATE |
AAAA | ADDRESS |
SRV | PRIORITY |
SRV | WEIGHT |
SRV | PORT |
SRV | TARGET |
NAPTR | ORDER |
NAPTR | PRIORITY |
NAPTR | FLAGS |
NAPTR | SERVICES |
NAPTR | REGEXP |
NAPTR | REPLACEMENT |
The size of the array is controlled by the RecordCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String