Just IMHO, String is more visual and understandable for human view, but for how much of the actual processing of the loged data done by hands? I suppose majority is somehow automated, scripted, etc. Integer allows much faster inserts, in-DB processing and lower traffic. I would vote for interger :) Regards, Anton. On Sunday 27 April 2008 12:42, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > Pierre Chifflier wrote: > > This patch adds support for "label" option in the SQL > > schema. For example, it can be used by another module > > to determine if the packet has been dropped, rejected > > or accepted. > > I have kept this back until we discuss if it would be > better to have a string instead of an integer. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html