I think it would be cool if you guys added a feature that allowed you to "mass" edit a zone for instance if you clicked "edit all" it would let you make changes to all records and then click save or update and it would update all the records at once.

This feature is pretty common among most dns management systems.

that doesnt address mass editing though

Usually, when I need to do a mass edit, I go in via the API. Something like this will do a global search and replace for every A record of 1.1.1.1:

#!/usr/bin/python
import api
instance = api.Api(key="asdfasdf")

oldip = '1.1.1.1'
newip = '2.2.2.2'

for domain in instance.domain_list():
    if domain['TYPE'] == 'master':
        print "Updating %s (%i)..." % (domain['DOMAIN'], domain['DOMAINID'])
        for resource in instance.domain_resource_list(domainid=domain['DOMAINID']):
            if resource['TYPE'] == 'A' and resource['TARGET'] == oldip:
                print 'Old A Record Found: %s.%s (%i)' % (resource['NAME'], domain['DOMAIN'], resource['RESOURCEID'])
                newresid = instance.domain_resource_create(domainid=domain['DOMAINID'], type='A', name=resource['NAME'], target=newip)
                print '  Created resource %i' % newresid['ResourceID']
                oldresid = instance.domain_resource_delete(domainid=domain['DOMAINID'], resourceid=resource['RESOURCEID'])
                print '  Deleted resource %i' % oldresid['ResourceID']

I, for one, wouldn't mind some sort of "macro" thing, like CNAMEs but handled on the server side, so I could do something like:

www IN A %%webserver1%%

and it'll replace %%webserver1%% with an IP address. But, well, it's very rare I need to do this and an API loop does just fine when I do, so I can roll with it

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Hoopy is referring to using these bindings, by the way. Interactive shell A++ would use again.

You commit to it and didn't even link it? Do I gotta do everything around here?

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Oh, right; odds are good "import api" doesn't Do The Right Thing by default on some older systems.

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Slightly dated, but thought I'd chime in that I'd also appreciate a more bulk editing approach to the DNS Manager. For me, I'm ok with it not being for an entire zone at once, but it would helpful to at least be able to manage multiple records of a single type at once. For example, inserting all the MX records needed for Google Apps. That's sort of painful right now.

With another domain I do through Network Solutions, you are presented with a single bulk entry form for a given record type, you update and/or add in as many records as you want, then get a single confirmation screen summarizing the changes, which then get committed.

I know I could whip something up through the API, or slave zones to my Linode for local editing, but that need not mean that having some bulk capabilities in the web interface wouldn't still be helpful.

-- David

Its pretty much standard for all DNS Management systems whether they be registrar level or provider level to offer mass editing....

I also would like to see quicker updates to the records..... 15 minutes is a long time when you consider most other registrars and providers send the updated records almost instantly with no wait period.