Thread: STATUS_MESSAGES
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Old October 20th, 2009   #17
ericthegeek
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> The way it sounds is like no matter what it asks for,
> it gets error warnings
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> Surely if it asks for ERRORS, it needs to get errors
> and not warnings or advisories?

See table 10-1 for details. You can think of the Status Type as being the minimum level of messages to send. Effective, "Show me messages that are this important or higher".

If the controller asks for errors, it gets only errors in response.

If the controller asks for warnings, it gets both errors and warnings.

If the controller asks for advisory message, it gets errors, warnings, and advisory messages.

It's a concept similar to that used by many error logging mechanics in computer OS's. You tell it the minimum importance level of the messages you want to see, and it will show you everything that is that important, as well as messages that are more important.
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