(RADIATOR) formatted TIME_STAMP in AcctSQLStatement

[Mike McCauley]

Hello all,


On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:09 pm, Robert Blayzor wrote:
> On 9/11/03 7:23 PM, "tracker" <jaws at skyinet.net> wrote:
> > Is it possible to use a formatted TIME_STAMP in AcctSQLStatement, like
> >
> > formatted-date,'%e %m %Y %H:%M:%S'
>
> Easier way may be to have your SQL server insert the time for you.  That
> is, if your SQL server and your RADIUS server's times are sync'd.  (and
> current date/time is what you want)  You can do this several ways depending
> on your backend, ie:
>
> MSSQL - getdate()
>
> Or PgSQL - timestamp 'now'
>
> More..
>
> INSERT INTO tbl_radacct (recdate) values (timestamp 'now')

Yes, but you really should take into account the Acct-Delay-Time in accounting 
requests, which is the amount of time the request has been sitting in the NAS 
waiting for successful transmission. The Timestamp attrtibute takes this into 
account, so its best to use that if possible.

Cheers.

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