xcat-core/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm

# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
#####################################################
#
#  xCAT plugin package to handle various commands that work with the
#     xCAT tables
#
#####################################################
package xCAT_plugin::tabutils;
use strict;
use warnings;
use xCAT::Table;
use xCAT::Schema;
use Data::Dumper;
use xCAT::NodeRange qw/noderange abbreviate_noderange/;
use xCAT::Schema;
use xCAT::Utils;
use Getopt::Long;
my $requestcommand;

1;

#some quick aliases to table/value
my %shortnames = (
                  groups => [qw(nodelist groups)],
                  tags   => [qw(nodelist groups)],
                  mgt    => [qw(nodehm mgt)],
                  #switch => [qw(switch switch)],
                  );

#####################################################
# Return list of commands handled by this plugin
#####################################################
sub handled_commands
{
    return {
            gettab     => "tabutils",
            tabdump    => "tabutils",
            tabprune   => "tabutils",
            tabrestore => "tabutils",
            tabch      => "tabutils",     # not implemented yet
            nodegrpch     => "tabutils",
            nodech     => "tabutils",
            nodeadd    => "tabutils",
            noderm     => "tabutils",
            tabls      => "tabutils",     # not implemented yet
            nodels     => "tabutils",
            getnodecfg => "tabutils",     # not implemented yet (?? this doesn't seem much different from gettab)
            addattr    => "tabutils",     # not implemented yet
            delattr    => "tabutils",     # not implemented yet
            chtype     => "tabutils",     # not implemented yet
            nr         => "tabutils",     # not implemented yet
            rnoderange => "tabutils",     # not implemented yet
            tabgrep    => "tabutils",
	    gennr	=> "tabutils"
            };
}

# Each cmd now returns its own usage inside its function

#####################################################
# Process the command
#####################################################
sub process_request
{
    #use Getopt::Long;
    Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling");
    #Getopt::Long::Configure("pass_through");
    Getopt::Long::Configure("no_pass_through");

    my $request  = shift;
    my $callback = shift;
    $requestcommand = shift;
    my $nodes    = $request->{node};
    my $command  = $request->{command}->[0];
    my $args     = $request->{arg};
    #unless ($args or $nodes or $request->{data})
    #{
        #if ($usage{$command})
        #{
            #$callback->({data => [$usage{$command}]});
            #return;
        #}
    #}

    if ($command eq "nodels")
    {
        return nodels($nodes, $args, $callback, $request->{emptynoderange}->[0]);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "rnoderange") 
    {
        return rnoderange($nodes,$args,$callback);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "noderm" or $command eq "rmnode")
    {
        return noderm($nodes, $args, $callback);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "nodeadd" or $command eq "addnode")
    {
        return nodech($nodes, $args, $callback, 1);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "nodegrpch" or $command eq "chnodegrp")
    {
        return nodech($nodes, $args, $callback, "groupch");
    }
		elsif ($command eq "gennr") 
		{
				return gennr($nodes, $args, $callback);
		}
    elsif ($command eq "nodech" or $command eq "chnode")
    {
        return nodech($nodes, $args, $callback, 0);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "tabrestore")
    {
        return tabrestore($request, $callback);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "tabdump")
    {
        return tabdump($args, $callback);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "tabprune")
    {
       return tabprune($args, $callback);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "gettab")
    {
        return gettab($request, $callback);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "tabgrep")
    {
        return tabgrep($nodes, $callback);
    }
    elsif ($command eq "tabch"){
        return tabch($args, $callback);
    }
    else
    {
        print "$command not implemented yet\n";
        return (1, "$command not written yet");
    }

}

# Display particular attributes, using query strings.
sub gettab
{
    my $req      = shift;
    my $callback = shift;
    my $HELP;
    my $NOTERSE;

    my $gettab_usage = sub {
    	my $exitcode = shift @_;
        my %rsp;
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: gettab [-H|--with-fieldname] key=value,...  table.attribute ...";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       gettab [-?|-h|--help]";
        if ($exitcode) { $rsp{errorcode} = $exitcode; }
        $callback->(\%rsp);
    };

	# Process arguments
	if (!defined($req->{arg})) { $gettab_usage->(1); return; }
    @ARGV = @{$req->{arg}};
    if (!GetOptions('h|?|help' => \$HELP,'H|with-fieldname' => \$NOTERSE)) { $gettab_usage->(1); return; }

    if ($HELP) { $gettab_usage->(0); return; }
    if (scalar(@ARGV)<2) { $gettab_usage->(1); return; }

    # Get all the key/value pairs into a hash
    my $keyspec  = shift @ARGV;
    my @keypairs = split /,/, $keyspec;
    my %keyhash;
    foreach (@keypairs)
    {
        (my $key, my $value) = split /=/, $_;
        unless (defined $key) {
            $gettab_usage->(1);
            return;
        }
        $keyhash{$key} = $value;
    }

    # Group the columns asked for by table (so we can do 1 query per table)
    my %tabhash;
    my $terse = 2;
    if ($NOTERSE) {
        $terse = 0;
    }
    foreach my $tabvalue (@ARGV)
    {
        $terse--;
        (my $table, my $column) = split /\./, $tabvalue;
        $tabhash{$table}->{$column} = 1;
    }

    #Sanity check the key against all tables in question
    foreach my $tabn (keys %tabhash) {
        foreach my $kcheck (keys %keyhash) {
            unless (grep /^$kcheck$/, @{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$tabn}->{cols}}) {
                $callback->({error => ["Unkown key $kcheck to $tabn"],errorcode=>[1]});
                return;
            }
        }
    }
    # Get the requested columns from each table
    foreach my $tabn (keys %tabhash)
    {
        my $tab = xCAT::Table->new($tabn);
        (my $ent) = $tab->getAttribs(\%keyhash, keys %{$tabhash{$tabn}});
        foreach my $coln (keys %{$tabhash{$tabn}})
        {
            if ($terse > 0) {
                $callback->({data => ["" . $ent->{$coln}]});
            } else {
                $callback->({data => ["$tabn.$coln: " . $ent->{$coln}]});
            }
        }
        $tab->close;
    }
}

sub noderm
{
    my $nodes = shift;
    my $args  = shift;
    my $cb    = shift;
    my $VERSION;
    my $HELP;

    my $noderm_usage = sub {
    	my $exitcode = shift @_;
        my %rsp;
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage:";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "  noderm noderange";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "  noderm {-v|--version}";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "  noderm [-?|-h|--help]";
        if ($exitcode) { $rsp{errorcode} = $exitcode; }
        $cb->(\%rsp);
    };

    if ($args) {
        @ARGV = @{$args};
    } else {
        @ARGV = ();
    }
    if (!GetOptions('h|?|help'  => \$HELP, 'v|version' => \$VERSION) ) { $noderm_usage->(1); return; }

    if ($HELP) { $noderm_usage->(0); return; }

    if ($VERSION) {
        my %rsp;
        my $version = xCAT::Utils->Version();
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "$version";
        $cb->(\%rsp);
        return;
    }

    if (!$nodes) { $noderm_usage->(1); return; }
    my $sitetab = xCAT::Table->new('site');
    my $pdhcp = $sitetab->getAttribs({key=>'pruneservices'},['value']);
    if ($pdhcp and $pdhcp->{value} and $pdhcp->{value} !~ /n(\z|o)/i) {
        $requestcommand->({command=>['makedhcp'],node=>$nodes,arg=>['-d']});
    }

    

    # Build the argument list for using the -d option of nodech to do our work for us
    my @tablist = ("-d");
    foreach (keys %{xCAT::Schema::tabspec})
    {
        if (grep /^node$/, @{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$_}->{cols}})
        {
            push @tablist, $_;
        }
    }
    nodech($nodes, \@tablist, $cb, 0);
}

sub tabrestore
{
    # the usage for tabrestore is in the tabrestore client cmd

    #request->{data} is an array of CSV formatted lines
    my $request    = shift;
    my $cb         = shift;
    my $table      = $request->{table}->[0];
    my $tab        = xCAT::Table->new($table, -create => 1, -autocommit => 0);
    unless ($tab) {
        $cb->({error => "Unable to open $table",errorcode=>4});
        return;
    }
    $tab->delEntries();    #Yes, delete *all* entries
    my $header = shift @{$request->{data}};
    unless ($header =~ /^#/) {
        $cb->({error => "Data missing header line starting with #",errorcode=>1});
        return;
    }
    $header =~ s/"//g;     #Strip " from overzealous CSV apps
    $header =~ s/^#//;
    $header =~ s/\s+$//;
    my @colns = split(/,/, $header);
    my $tcol;
    foreach $tcol (@colns) { #validate the restore data has no invalid column names
        unless (grep /^$tcol\z/,@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}}) {
            $cb->({error => "The header line indicates that column '$tcol' should exist, which is not defined in the schema for '$table'",errorcode=>1});
            return;
        }
        #print Dumper(grep /^$tcol\z/,@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}});
    }
    #print "We passed it!\n";
    my $line;
    my $rollback = 0;

    my @tmp=$tab->getAutoIncrementColumns(); #get the columns that are auto increment by DB. 
    my %auto_cols=();
    foreach (@tmp) { $auto_cols{$_}=1;}


    my $linenumber;
    my $linecount = scalar(@{$request->{data}});

    LINE: for($linenumber = 0; $linenumber < $linecount; $linenumber++)
    {
        $line = @{$request->{data}}[$linenumber];
        $line =~ s/\s+$//;
        my $origline = $line;    #save for error reporting
        my %record;
        my $col;
        foreach $col (@colns)
        {
            if ($line =~ /^,/ or $line eq "")
            {                    #Match empty, or end of line that is empty
                 #TODO: should we detect when there weren't enough CSV fields on a line to match colums?
                if (!exists($auto_cols{$col})) {
		    $record{$col} = undef;
		}
                $line =~ s/^,//;
            }
            elsif ($line =~ /^[^,]*"/)
            {    # We have stuff in quotes... pain...
                    #I don't know what I'm doing, so I'll do it a hard way....
                if ($line !~ /^"/)
                {
                    $rollback = 1;
                    $cb->(
                        {
                         error =>
                           "CSV missing opening \" for record with \" characters on line $linenumber, character "
                           . index($origline, $line) . ": $origline", errorcode=>4
                        }
                        );
                    next LINE;
                }
                my $offset = 1;
                my $nextchar;
                my $ent;
                while (not defined $ent)
                {
                    $offset = index($line, '"', $offset);
                    $offset++;

                    if ($offset <= 0)
                    { #the matching quote is not on this line of the file

                        if($linenumber < $linecount)
                        { #it's not the end of the world, we have more lines to check

                            my $continuedline = @{$request->{data}}[++$linenumber];
                            $offset = length($line);
                            $line .= "\n" . $continuedline;
                            $line =~ s/\s+$//;
                        }
                        else
                        { #the matching quote was not found before the end of the file

                            #MALFORMED CSV, request rollback, report an error
                            $rollback = 1;
                            $cb->(
                                {
                                 error =>
                                   "CSV unmatched \" in record on line $linenumber, character "
                                   . index($origline, $line) . ": $origline", errorcode=>4
                                }
                                );
                            next LINE;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    { #the next quote was on the current line

                        $nextchar = substr($line, $offset, 1);

                        if ($nextchar eq '"')
                        { #the case of 2 double quotes.  ignore them and move on
                            $offset++;
                        }
                        elsif ($offset eq length($line) or $nextchar eq ',')
                        { #hit the end of the line or at least the end of the column
                            $ent = substr($line, 0, $offset, '');
                            $line =~ s/^,//;
                            chop $ent;
                            $ent = substr($ent, 1);
                            $ent =~ s/""/"/g;
			    if (!exists($auto_cols{$col}))
                            {
			        $record{$col} = $ent;
			    }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            $cb->(
                                {
                                 error =>
                                   "CSV unescaped \" in record on line $linenumber, character "
                                   . index($origline, $line) . ": $origline", errorcode=>4
                                }
                                );
                            $rollback = 1;
                            next LINE;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            elsif ($line =~ /^([^,]+)/)
            {    #easiest case, no Text::Balanced needed..
		if (!exists($auto_cols{$col}))
                {
		    $record{$col} = $1;
		}
                $line =~ s/^([^,]+)(,|$)//;
            }
        }
        if ($line)
        {
            $rollback = 1;
            $cb->({error => "Too many fields on line $linenumber: $origline | $line", errorcode=>4});
            next LINE;
        }

        #TODO: check for error from DB and rollback
        my @rc = $tab->setAttribs(\%record, \%record);
        if (not defined($rc[0]))
        {
            $rollback = 1;
            $cb->({error => "DB error " . $rc[1] . " with line $linenumber: " . $origline, errorcode=>4});
        }
    }
    if ($rollback)
    {
        $tab->rollback();
        $tab->close;
        undef $tab;
        return;
    }
    else
    {
        $tab->commit;    #Made it all the way here, commit
    }
}

# Display a list of tables, or a specific table in CSV format
sub tabdump
{
    my $args  = shift;
    my $cb    = shift;
    my $table = "";
    my $HELP;
    my $DESC;

    my $tabdump_usage = sub {
    	my $exitcode = shift @_;
        my %rsp;
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: tabdump [-d] [table]";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       tabdump [-?|-h|--help]";
        if ($exitcode) { $rsp{errorcode} = $exitcode; }
        $cb->(\%rsp);
    };

	# Process arguments
    if ($args) {
        @ARGV = @{$args};
    }
    if (!GetOptions('h|?|help' => \$HELP, 'd' => \$DESC)) { $tabdump_usage->(1); return; }

    if ($HELP) { $tabdump_usage->(0); return; }
    if (scalar(@ARGV)>1) { $tabdump_usage->(1); return; }

    my %rsp;
    # If no arguments given, we display a list of the tables
    if (!scalar(@ARGV)) {
    	if ($DESC) {  # display the description of each table
    		my $tab = xCAT::Table->getDescriptions();
    		foreach my $key (keys %$tab) {
    			my $space = (length($key)<7 ? "\t\t" : "\t");
    			push @{$rsp{data}}, "$key:$space".$tab->{$key}."\n";
    		}
    	}
    	else { push @{$rsp{data}}, xCAT::Table->getTableList(); }   # if no descriptions, just display the list of table names
    	@{$rsp{data}} = sort @{$rsp{data}};
		if ($DESC && scalar(@{$rsp{data}})) { chop($rsp{data}->[scalar(@{$rsp{data}})-1]); }   # remove the final newline
        $cb->(\%rsp);
    	return;
    }

    $table = $ARGV[0];
    if ($DESC) {     # only show the attribute descriptions, not the values
    	my $schema = xCAT::Table->getTableSchema($table);
    	if (!$schema) { $cb->({error => "table $table does not exist.",errorcode=>1}); return; }
		my $desc = $schema->{descriptions};
		foreach my $c (@{$schema->{cols}}) {
			my $space = (length($c)<7 ? "\t\t" : "\t");
			push @{$rsp{data}}, "$c:$space".$desc->{$c}."\n";
		}
		if (scalar(@{$rsp{data}})) { chop($rsp{data}->[scalar(@{$rsp{data}})-1]); }   # remove the final newline
        $cb->(\%rsp);
		return;
    }


    my $tabh = xCAT::Table->new($table);

    my $tabdump_header = sub {
       my $header = "#" . join(",", @_);
       push @{$rsp{data}}, $header;
    };

    # If the table does not exist yet (because its never been written to),
    # at least show the header (the column names)
    unless ($tabh)
    {
        if (defined($xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}))
        {
        	$tabdump_header->(@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}});
        	$cb->(\%rsp);
            return;
        }
        $cb->({error => "No such table: $table",errorcode=>1});
        return 1;
    }

    my $recs = $tabh->getAllEntries("all");
    my $rec;
    unless (@$recs)        # table exists, but is empty.  Show header.
    {
        if (defined($xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}))
        {
        	$tabdump_header->(@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}});
        	$cb->(\%rsp);
            return;
        }
    }
    # Display all the rows of the table  the order of the columns in the schema
    output_table($table,$cb,$tabh,$recs); 
}

# Prune records from the eventlog or auditlog or all records.
#  Only supports eventlog and auditlog
sub tabprune
{
    my $args  = shift;
    my $cb    = shift;
    my $HELP;
    my $VERSION;
    my $ALL;
    my $NUMBERENTRIES;
    my $PERCENT;
    my $VERBOSE;
    my $RECID;
    my $rc=0;

    my $tabprune_usage = sub {
    	my $exitcode = shift @_;
        my %rsp;
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: tabprune <eventlog | auditlog> [-V] -a";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       tabprune <eventlog | auditlog> [-V] -n <# of records>";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       tabprune <eventlog | auditlog> [-V] -i <recid>";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       tabprune <eventlog | auditlog> [-V] -p <percent>";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       tabprune [-h|--help]";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       tabprune [-v|--version]";
        if ($exitcode) { $rsp{errorcode} = $exitcode; }
        $cb->(\%rsp);
    };

	# Process arguments
    if ($args) {
        @ARGV = @{$args};
    }
    if (!GetOptions('h|?|help' => \$HELP,
                     'v|version' => \$VERSION,
                     'V' => \$VERBOSE,
                     'p|percent=i' => \$PERCENT,
                     'i|recid=s' => \$RECID,
                     'a' => \$ALL,
                     'n|number=i' => \$NUMBERENTRIES))
             { $tabprune_usage->(1); return; }

    if ($HELP) { $tabprune_usage->(0); return; }
    # Version
    if ($VERSION) {
        my %rsp;
        my $version = xCAT::Utils->Version();
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "$version";
        $cb->(\%rsp);
        return;
    }
    if (scalar(@ARGV)>1) { $tabprune_usage->(1); return; }
    my $table = $ARGV[0];
    if (!(defined $table)) {
        my %rsp;
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "Table name eventlog or auditlog required.";
        $rsp{errorcode} = 1; 
        $cb->(\%rsp);
        return 1;
      
    }
    $table=~ s/\s*//g; # remove blanks 
    if (($table ne "eventlog") && ($table ne "auditlog")){
        my %rsp;
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "Table name eventlog or auditlog required.";
        $rsp{errorcode} = 1; 
        $cb->(\%rsp);
        return 1;
      
    } 
    if ((defined $PERCENT ) && ((defined $RECID) || (defined $ALL) || (defined $NUMBERENTRIES))) {
        my %rsp;
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "Only one option -p or -i or -n or -a maybe used at a time.";
        $rsp{errorcode} = 1; 
        $cb->(\%rsp);
        return 1;
      
    } 
    if ((defined $RECID ) && ((defined $PERCENT) || (defined $ALL) || (defined $NUMBERENTRIES))) {
        my %rsp;
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "Only one option -p or -i or -n or -a maybe used at a time.";
        $rsp{errorcode} = 1; 
        $cb->(\%rsp);
        return 1;
    } 
    if ((defined $ALL ) && ((defined $PERCENT) || (defined $RECID) || (defined $NUMBERENTRIES))) {
        my %rsp;
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "Only one option -p or -i or -n or -a maybe used at a time.";
        $rsp{errorcode} = 1; 
        $cb->(\%rsp);
        return 1;
    } 
    if ((defined $NUMBERENTRIES ) && ((defined $PERCENT) || (defined $RECID) || (defined $ALL))) {
        my %rsp;
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "Only one option -p or -i or -n or -a maybe used at a time.";
        $rsp{errorcode} = 1; 
        $cb->(\%rsp);
        return 1;
    } 
      
    if (defined $ALL ) {
     $rc=tabprune_all($table,$cb,$VERBOSE); 
    }
    if (defined $NUMBERENTRIES ) {
     $rc=tabprune_numberentries($table,$cb,$NUMBERENTRIES,"n",$VERBOSE); 
    }
    if (defined $PERCENT) {
     $rc=tabprune_numberentries($table,$cb,$PERCENT,"p",$VERBOSE); 
    }
    if (defined $RECID ) {
     $rc=tabprune_recid($table,$cb,$RECID,$VERBOSE); 
    }
    if (!($VERBOSE)) {  # not putting out changes
      my %rsp;
      push @{$rsp{data}}, "tabprune of $table complete.";
      $rsp{errorcode} = $rc; 
      $cb->(\%rsp);
    }
    return $rc;
}

sub tabprune_all {
   my $table = shift;
   my $cb  = shift;
   my $VERBOSE  = shift;
   my $rc=0;
   my $tab        = xCAT::Table->new($table);
   unless ($tab) {
        $cb->({error => "Unable to open  $table",errorcode=>4});
        return 1;
   }
   if ($VERBOSE) { # will output change to std 
    my $recs = $tab->getAllEntries("all");
    output_table($table,$cb,$tab,$recs); 
   } 
   
   $tab->delEntries();    #Yes, delete *all* entries
   $tab->commit;         #  commit
   return $rc;
}

#  prune input number of records for the table
#  if number of entries > number than in the table, then remove all
#  this handles the number of records or percentage to delete
sub tabprune_numberentries {
  my $table = shift;
  my $cb  = shift;
  my $numberentries  = shift; # either number of entries or percent to 
                              # remove based on the flag
  my $flag  = shift;   # (n or p flag)
  my $VERBOSE  = shift;
  my $rc=0;
  my $tab        = xCAT::Table->new($table);
  unless ($tab) {
       $cb->({error => "Unable to open $table",errorcode=>4});
       return 1;
  }
  my $DBname = xCAT::Utils->get_DBName;
  my @attribs;
  if ($DBname =~ /^DB2/) {
    @attribs = ("\"recid\"");
  } else {
    @attribs = ("recid");
  } 
  my @ents=$tab->getAllAttribs(@attribs);
  # find smallest and largest  recid, note table is not ordered by recid after
  # a while
  my $smallrid;
  my $largerid;
  foreach my $rid (@ents) {
    if (!(defined $smallrid)) {
         $smallrid=$rid;
    }
    if (!(defined $largerid)) {
         $largerid=$rid;
    }
    if ($rid->{recid} < $smallrid->{recid}) {
         $smallrid=$rid;
    }
    if ($rid->{recid} > $largerid->{recid}) {
         $largerid=$rid;
    }
  }
  my $RECID;
  if ($flag eq "n") {  # deleting number of records
    #determine recid to delete all entries that come before like the -i flag
    $RECID= $smallrid->{recid} + $numberentries ; 
  } else {  # flag must be percentage
     #take largest and smallest recid and percentage and determine the recid
     # that will remove the requested percentage.   If some are missing in the
     # middle due to tabedit,  we are not worried about it.
     
     my $totalnumberrids = $largerid->{recid} - $smallrid->{recid} +1;
     my $percent = $numberentries / 100;
     my $percentage=$totalnumberrids * $percent ;
     my $cnt=sprintf( "%d", $percentage ); # round to whole number
     $RECID=$smallrid->{recid} + $cnt; # get recid to remove all before
  }
  $rc=tabprune_recid($table,$cb,$RECID,$VERBOSE); 
  return $rc;
}

#  prune all entries up to the record id input 
#  if rec id  does not exist error 
sub tabprune_recid {
   my $table = shift;
   my $cb  = shift;
   my $recid  = shift;
   my $VERBOSE  = shift;
   my $rc=0;
   # check which database so can build the correct Where clause
   my $tab        = xCAT::Table->new($table);
   unless ($tab) {
        $cb->({error => "Unable to open $table",errorcode=>4});
        return 1;
   }
   my $DBname = xCAT::Utils->get_DBName;
   # display the output 
   my @recs;
   if ($VERBOSE) { # need to get all attributes 
    if ($DBname =~ /^DB2/) {
      @recs=$tab->getAllAttribsWhere("\"recid\"<$recid", 'ALL');
    } else {
      @recs=$tab->getAllAttribsWhere("recid<$recid", 'ALL');
    }  
    output_table($table,$cb,$tab,\@recs); 
   }  
   my @ents;
   if ($DBname =~ /^DB2/) {
      @ents=$tab->getAllAttribsWhere("\"recid\"<$recid", 'recid');
   } else {
      @ents=$tab->getAllAttribsWhere("recid<$recid", 'recid');
   } 
   # delete them 
   foreach my $rid (@ents) {
     $tab->delEntries($rid);
   } 
   $tab->commit;       
   return $rc;
}

#  Dump table records to  stdout.  
sub output_table {
   my $table = shift;
   my $cb  = shift;
   my $tabh=shift;
   my $recs=shift;
   my %rsp;
   my $tabdump_header = sub {
        my $header = "#" . join(",", @_);
        push @{$rsp{data}}, $header;
    };
    # Display all the rows of the table in order of the columns in the schema
    $tabdump_header->(@{$tabh->{colnames}});
    foreach my $rec (@$recs)
    {
        my $line = '';
        foreach (@{$tabh->{colnames}})
        {
            if (defined $rec->{$_})
            {
            	$rec->{$_} =~ s/"/""/g;
                $line = $line . '"' . $rec->{$_} . '",';
            }
            else
            {
                $line .= ',';
            }
        }
        $line =~ s/,$//;    # remove the extra comma at the end
        push @{$rsp{data}}, $line;
    }
    $cb->(\%rsp);
   return;
}

sub getTableColumn {
    my $string = shift;
    if ($shortnames{$string}) {
            return @{$shortnames{$string}};
    }
    unless ($string =~ /\./) {
        return undef;
    }
    return split /\./,$string,2;
}

#   sub groupch
#   {
#       my $args = shift;
#       my $nodech_usage = sub
#       {
#           my $exitcode = shift @_;
#           my $cmdname = "groupch";
#           my %rsp;
#           push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: $cmdname <group1,group2,...> table.column=value [...]";
#           push @{$rsp{data}}, "       $cmdname {-v | --version}";
#           push @{$rsp{data}}, "       $cmdname [-? | -h | --help]";
#           if ($exitcode) { $rsp{errorcode} = $exitcode; }
#           $callback->(\%rsp);
#       };
#       my @args = @{$args};
#       unless (scalar @args >= 2) {
#           $nodech_usage->(1);
#           return;
#       }
#       my @groups = split /,/,shift @args;
#       foreach (@args)
#       {
#   #       if ($deletemode)
#   #       {
#   #           if (m/[=\.]/)   # in delete mode they can only specify tables names
#   #           {
#   #               $callback->({error => [". and = not valid in delete mode."],errorcode=>1});
#   #               next;
#   #           }
#   #           $tables{$_} = 1;
#   #           next;
#   #       }
#           unless (m/=/ or m/!~/)
#           {
#               $callback->({error => ["Malformed argument $_ ignored."],errorcode=>1});
#               next;
#           }
#           my $stable;
#           my $scolumn;
#           #Check for selection criteria
#           if (m/^[^=]*==/) {
#               ($temp,$value)=split /==/,$_,2;
#               ($stable,$scolumn)=getTableColumn($temp);
#               $criteria{$stable}->{$scolumn}=[$value,'match'];

#               next; #Is a selection criteria, not an assignment specification
#           } elsif (m/^[^=]*!=/) {
#               ($temp,$value)=split /!=/,$_,2;
#               ($stable,$scolumn)=getTableColumn($temp);
#               $criteria{$stable}->{$scolumn}=[$value,'natch'];
#               next; #Is a selection criteria, not an assignment specification
#           } elsif (m/^[^=]*=~/) {
#               ($temp,$value)=split /=~/,$_,2;
#               ($stable,$scolumn)=getTableColumn($temp);
#               $value =~ s/^\///;
#               $value =~ s/\/$//;
#               $criteria{$stable}->{$scolumn}=[$value,'regex'];
#               next; #Is a selection criteria, not an assignment specification
#           } elsif (m/^[^=]*!~/) {
#               ($temp,$value)=split /!~/,$_,2;
#               ($stable,$scolumn)=getTableColumn($temp);
#               $value =~ s/^\///;
#               $value =~ s/\/$//;
#               $criteria{$stable}->{$scolumn}=[$value,'negex'];
#               next; #Is a selection criteria, not an assignment specification
#           }
#           #Now definitely an assignment
#                           
#           ($temp, $value) = split('=', $_, 2);
#           $value =~ s/^@//; #Allow the =@ operator to exist for an unambiguous assignmenet operator
#                             #So before, table.column==value meant set to =value, now it would be matching value
#                             #the new way would be table.column=@=value to be unambiguous
#                             #now a value like '@hi' would be set with table.column=@@hi
#           if ($value eq '') { #If blank, force a null entry to override group settings
#               $value = '|^.*$||';
#           }
#           my $op = '=';
#           if ($temp =~ /,$/)
#           {
#               $op = ',=';
#               chop($temp);
#           }
#           elsif ($temp =~ /\^$/)
#           {
#               $op = '^=';
#               chop($temp);
#           }

#           my $table;
#           if ($shortnames{$temp})
#           {
#               ($table, $column) = @{$shortnames{$temp}};
#           }
#           else
#           {
#               ($table, $column) = split('\.', $temp, 2);
#           }
#           unless (grep /$column/,@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}}) {
#                $callback->({error=>"$table.$column not a valid table.column description",errorcode=>[1]});
#                return;
#           }

#           # Keep a list of the value/op pairs, in case there is more than 1 per table.column
#           #$tables{$table}->{$column} = [$value, $op];
#           push @{$tables{$table}->{$column}}, ($value, $op);
#       }
#   }

    

sub nodech
{
    my $nodes    = shift;
    my $args     = shift;
    my $callback = shift;
    my $addmode  = shift;
    my $groupmode;
    if ($addmode eq "groupch") {
        $addmode = 0;
        $groupmode=1;
    }
    my $VERSION;
    my $HELP;
    my $deletemode;
    my $grptab;
    my @grplist;

    my $nodech_usage = sub
    {
    	my $exitcode = shift @_;
    	my $addmode = shift @_;
        my $groupmode = shift @_;
    	my $cmdname = $addmode ? 'nodeadd' : ($groupmode ? 'nodegrpch' : 'nodech');
        my %rsp;
        if ($addmode) {
        	push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: $cmdname <noderange> groups=<groupnames> [table.column=value] [...]";
        } elsif ($groupmode) {
        	push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: $cmdname <group1,group2,...> [table.column=value] [...]";
        } else {
        	push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: $cmdname <noderange> table.column=value [...]";
        	push @{$rsp{data}}, "       $cmdname {-d | --delete} <noderange> <table> [...]";
        }
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       $cmdname {-v | --version}";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       $cmdname [-? | -h | --help]";
        if ($exitcode) { $rsp{errorcode} = $exitcode; }
        $callback->(\%rsp);
    };

    if ($args) {
        @ARGV = @{$args};
    } else {
        @ARGV=();
    }
    my %options = ('h|?|help'  => \$HELP, 'v|version' => \$VERSION);
    if (!$addmode) { $options{'d|delete'} = \$deletemode; }
    if (!GetOptions(%options)) {
        $nodech_usage->(1, $addmode,$groupmode);
        return;
    }

    # Help
    if ($HELP) {
        $nodech_usage->(0, $addmode,$groupmode);
        return;
    }

    # Version
    if ($VERSION) {
        my %rsp;
        my $version = xCAT::Utils->Version();
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "$version";
        $callback->(\%rsp);
        return;
    }

    # Note: the noderange comes through in $arg (and therefore @ARGV) for nodeadd,
    # because it is linked to xcatclientnnr, since the nodes specified in the noderange
    # do not exist yet.  The nodech cmd is linked to xcatclient, so its noderange is
    # put in $nodes instead of $args.
    if (scalar(@ARGV) < (1+$addmode)) { $nodech_usage->(1, $addmode);  return; }
    my @groups;

    if ($addmode)
    {
    	my $nr = shift @ARGV;
    	$nodes = [noderange($nr, 0)];
        unless ($nodes) {
            $callback->({error => "No noderange to add.\n",errorcode=>1});
            return;
        }

        my $invalidnodename = ();
        foreach my $node (@$nodes) {
            if ($node =~ /[A-Z]/) {
                $invalidnodename .= ",$node";
            }
        }
        if ($invalidnodename) {
            $invalidnodename =~ s/,//;
            $callback->( {warning => "The node name \'$invalidnodename\' contains capital letters which may not be resolved correctly by the dns server."} );
        }
    } elsif ($groupmode) {
        @groups = split /,/, shift @ARGV;
    }
    my $column;
    my $value;
    my $temp;
    my %tables;
    my %criteria=();
    my $tab;

    #print Dumper($deletemode);
    foreach (@ARGV)
    {
        if ($deletemode)
        {
            if (m/[=\.]/)   # in delete mode they can only specify tables names
            {
                $callback->({error => [". and = not valid in delete mode."],errorcode=>1});
                next;
            }
            $tables{$_} = 1;
            next;
        }
        unless (m/=/ or m/!~/)
        {
            $callback->({error => ["Malformed argument $_ ignored."],errorcode=>1});
            next;
        }
        my $stable;
        my $scolumn;
        #Check for selection criteria
        if (m/^[^=]*==/) {
            ($temp,$value)=split /==/,$_,2;
            ($stable,$scolumn)=getTableColumn($temp);
            $criteria{$stable}->{$scolumn}=[$value,'match'];

            next; #Is a selection criteria, not an assignment specification
        } elsif (m/^[^=]*!=/) {
            ($temp,$value)=split /!=/,$_,2;
            ($stable,$scolumn)=getTableColumn($temp);
            $criteria{$stable}->{$scolumn}=[$value,'natch'];
            next; #Is a selection criteria, not an assignment specification
        } elsif (m/^[^=]*=~/) {
            ($temp,$value)=split /=~/,$_,2;
            ($stable,$scolumn)=getTableColumn($temp);
            $value =~ s/^\///;
            $value =~ s/\/$//;
            $criteria{$stable}->{$scolumn}=[$value,'regex'];
            next; #Is a selection criteria, not an assignment specification
        } elsif (m/^[^=]*!~/) {
            ($temp,$value)=split /!~/,$_,2;
            ($stable,$scolumn)=getTableColumn($temp);
            $value =~ s/^\///;
            $value =~ s/\/$//;
            $criteria{$stable}->{$scolumn}=[$value,'negex'];
            next; #Is a selection criteria, not an assignment specification
        }
        #Now definitely an assignment
                        
        ($temp, $value) = split('=', $_, 2);
        $value =~ s/^@//; #Allow the =@ operator to exist for an unambiguous assignmenet operator
                          #So before, table.column==value meant set to =value, now it would be matching value
                          #the new way would be table.column=@=value to be unambiguous
                          #now a value like '@hi' would be set with table.column=@@hi
        if ($value eq '') { #If blank, force a null entry to override group settings
            $value = '|^.*$||';
        }
        my $op = '=';
        if ($temp =~ /,$/)
        {
            $op = ',=';
            chop($temp);
        }
        elsif ($temp =~ /\^$/)
        {
            $op = '^=';
            chop($temp);
        }

        my $table;
        if ($shortnames{$temp})
        {
            ($table, $column) = @{$shortnames{$temp}};
        }
        else
        {
            ($table, $column) = split('\.', $temp, 2);
        }
        unless (grep /$column/,@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}}) {
             $callback->({error=>"$table.$column not a valid table.column description",errorcode=>[1]});
             return;
        }

        # Keep a list of the value/op pairs, in case there is more than 1 per table.column
        #$tables{$table}->{$column} = [$value, $op];
        push @{$tables{$table}->{$column}}, ($value, $op);
    }
    my %nodehash;
    if (keys %criteria) {
        foreach (@$nodes) {
            $nodehash{$_}=1;
        }
    }
    foreach $tab (keys %criteria) {
        my $tabhdl = xCAT::Table->new($tab, -create => 1, -autocommit => 0);
        my @columns=keys %{$criteria{$tab}};
        my $tabhash = $tabhdl->getNodesAttribs($nodes,\@columns);
        my $node;
        my $col;
        my $rec;
        foreach $node (@$nodes) {
            foreach $rec (@{$tabhash->{$node}}) {
                foreach $col (@columns) {
                    my $value=$criteria{$tab}->{$col}->[0];
                    unless (defined $value) {
                        $value = "";
                    }
                    my $matchtype=$criteria{$tab}->{$col}->[1];
                    if ($matchtype eq 'match' and not ($rec->{$col} eq $value) or
                        $matchtype eq 'natch' and ($rec->{$col} eq $value) or
                        $matchtype eq 'regex' and ($rec->{$col} !~ /$value/) or
                        $matchtype eq 'negex' and ($rec->{$col} =~ /$value/)) {
                        delete $nodehash{$node};
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        $nodes = [keys %nodehash];
    }
    foreach $tab (keys %tables)
    {
        my $tabhdl = xCAT::Table->new($tab, -create => 1, -autocommit => 0);
        if ($tabhdl)
        {
	    my $changed=0;
            my @entities;
            if ($groupmode) {
                @entities = @groups;
            } else {
                @entities = @$nodes;
            }
            my $entity;
            foreach $entity (@entities) {
                if ($deletemode) {
                    $tabhdl->delEntries({'node' => $entity});
		    $changed=1;
                } else {
                    #$tabhdl->setNodeAttribs($_,$tables{$tab});
                    my %uhsh;
                    foreach (keys %{$tables{$tab}})		# for each column specified for this table
                    {
                        #my $op  = $tables{$tab}->{$_}->[1];
                        #my $val = $tables{$tab}->{$_}->[0];
                        my @valoppairs = @{$tables{$tab}->{$_}}; #Deep copy
                        while (scalar(@valoppairs)) {			# alternating list of value and op for this table.column
                            my $val = shift @valoppairs;
                            my $op  = shift @valoppairs;
                            my $key = $_;
                            # When changing the groups of the node, check whether the new group
                            # is a dynamic group.
                            if (($key eq 'groups') && ($op eq '=')) {
                                if ($groupmode) {
                                    $callback->({error => "Group membership is not changeable via nodegrpch",errorcode=>1});
                                    return;
                                }
                                if (scalar(@grplist) == 0) { # Do not call $grptab->getAllEntries for each node, performance issue.
                                    $grptab = xCAT::Table->new('nodegroup');
                                    if ($grptab) {
                                        @grplist = @{$grptab->getAllEntries()};
                                    }
                                }
                                my @grps = split(/,/, $val);
                                foreach my $grp (@grps) {
                                    foreach my $grpdef_ref (@grplist) {
                                        my %grpdef = %$grpdef_ref;
                                        if (($grpdef{'groupname'} eq $grp) && ($grpdef{'grouptype'} eq 'dynamic')) {
                                            my %rsp;
                                            $rsp{data}->[0] = "nodegroup $grp is a dynamic node group, should not add a node into a dynamic node group statically.\n";
                                            $callback->(\%rsp);
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                            if ($op eq '=') {
                                $uhsh{$key} = $val;
                            } elsif ($op eq ',=') {    #splice assignment
                                if ($groupmode) {
                                    $callback->({error => ",= and ^= are not supported by nodegrpch",errorcode=>1});
                                    return;
                                }
                                my $curval = $uhsh{$key};    # in case it was already set
                                if (!defined($curval)) {
                                    my $cent = $tabhdl->getNodeAttribs($entity, [$key]);
                                    if ($cent) { $curval = $cent->{$key}; }
                                }
                                if ($curval) {
                                    my @vals = split(/,/, $curval);
                                    unless (grep /^$val$/, @vals) {
                                        unshift @vals,$val;
                                        my $newval = join(',', @vals);
                                        $uhsh{$key} = $newval;
                                    }
                                } else {
                                    $uhsh{$key} = $val;
                                }
                            } elsif ($op eq '^=') {
                                if ($groupmode) {
                                    $callback->({error => ",= and ^= are not supported by nodegrpch",errorcode=>1});
                                    return;
                                }
                                my $curval = $uhsh{$key};    # in case it was already set
                                if (!defined($curval)) {
                                    my $cent = $tabhdl->getNodeAttribs($entity, [$key]);
                                    if ($cent) { $curval = $cent->{$key}; }
                                }
                                if ($curval) {
                                    my @vals = split(/,/, $curval);
                                    if (grep /^$val$/, @vals) {    #only bother if there
                                        @vals = grep(!/^$val$/, @vals);
                                        my $newval = join(',', @vals);
                                        $uhsh{$key} = $newval;
                                    }
                                }    #else, what they asked for is the case alredy
                            }
                        }		# end of while @valoppairs
                    }		# end of foreach column specified for this table

                    if (keys %uhsh)
                    {
                        if ($groupmode) { 
                            my $nodekey = "node";
                            if (defined $xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$tab}->{nodecol}) {
                                $nodekey = $xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$tab}->{nodecol}
                            }
                            my %clrhash; #First, we prepare to clear all nodes of their overrides on these columns
                            foreach (keys %uhsh) {
                                if ($_ eq $nodekey) { next; } #skip attempts to manipulate 'node' type columns in a groupch
                                $clrhash{$_}="";    
                            }
                            $tabhdl->setAttribs({node=>$entity},\%uhsh);
			    $changed=1;
                            $nodes = [noderange($entity)];
                            unless (scalar @$nodes) { next; }
                            $tabhdl->setNodesAttribs($nodes,\%clrhash);
			    $changed=1;
                        } else {
                            my @rc = $tabhdl->setNodeAttribs($entity, \%uhsh);
			    $changed=1;
                            if (not defined($rc[0])) {
                                $callback->({error => "DB error " . $rc[1],errorcode=>1});
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
	    if ($changed) {
		$tabhdl->commit;
	    }
        }
        else
        {
            $callback->(
                 {error => ["ERROR: Unable to open table $tab in configuration"],errorcode=>1}
                 );
        }
    }
}

# gennr linked to xcatclientnnr and is used to generate a list of nodes
# external to the database.
sub gennr {
	my $nodes = shift;
	my $args = shift;
	my $callback = shift;
	@ARGV = @{$args};
	my $nr = shift @ARGV;
	$nodes = [noderange($nr, 0)];
	my %rsp;	# for output.
	foreach (@$nodes){
		#print $_ . "\n";
		push @{$rsp{data}}, $_;
		
	}
	$callback->(\%rsp);
}

sub tabgrep
{
    my $node = shift;
    my @tablist;
    my $callback = shift;

    if (!defined($node) || !scalar(@$node)) {
        my %rsp;
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: tabgrep nodename";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       tabgrep [-?|-h|--help]";
        $rsp{errorcode} = 1;
        $callback->(\%rsp);
        return;
    }

    foreach (keys %{xCAT::Schema::tabspec})
    {
        if (grep /^node$/, @{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$_}->{cols}})
        {
            push @tablist, $_;
        }
    }
    foreach (@tablist)
    {
        my $tab = xCAT::Table->new($_);
        unless ($tab) { next; }
        if ($tab and $tab->getNodeAttribs($node->[0], ["node"]))
        {
            $callback->({data => [$_]});
        }
        $tab->close;
    }

}

sub rnoderange 
{
    my $nodes = shift;
    my $args = shift;
    my $callback = shift;
    my $data = abbreviate_noderange($nodes);
    if ($data) {
        $callback->({data=>[$data]});
    }
}
#####################################################
#  nodels command
#####################################################
sub nodels
{
    my $nodes     = shift;
    my $args      = shift;
    my $callback  = shift;
    my $noderange = shift;
    unless ($nodes) {
        $nodes=[];
    }

    my $VERSION;
    my $HELP;

    my $nodels_usage = sub 
    {
    	my $exitcode = shift @_;
        my %rsp;
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage:";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "  nodels [noderange] [-b|--blame] [-H|--with-fieldname] [table.attribute | shortname] [...]";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "  nodels {-v|--version}";
        push @{$rsp{data}}, "  nodels [-?|-h|--help]";
        if ($exitcode) { $rsp{errorcode} = $exitcode; }
        $callback->(\%rsp);
    };

    if ($args) {
        @ARGV = @{$args};
    } else {
        @ARGV=();
    }
    my $NOTERSE;
    my $ATTRIBUTION;

   if (!GetOptions('h|?|help'  => \$HELP, 'H|with-fieldname' => \$NOTERSE, 'b|blame' => \$ATTRIBUTION, 'v|version' => \$VERSION,) ) { $nodels_usage->(1); return; }

    # Help
    if ($HELP) { $nodels_usage->(0); return; }

    # Version
    if ($VERSION)
    {
        my %rsp;
        my $version = xCAT::Utils->Version();
        $rsp{data}->[0] = "$version";
        $callback->(\%rsp);
        return;
    }

    # TODO -- Parse command arguments
    #  my $opt;
    #  my %attrs;
    #  foreach $opt (@ARGV) {
    #     if ($opt =~ /^group/) {
    #     }
    #  }
    my $argc = @ARGV;
    my $terse = 2;
    if ($NOTERSE) {
        $terse = 0;
    }

    if (@$nodes > 0 or $noderange)
    { #Make sure that there are zero nodes *and* that a noderange wasn't requested
                    # TODO - gather data for each node
                    #        for now just return the flattened list of nodes)
        my $rsp;    #build up fewer requests, be less chatty
        if ($argc)
        {
            my %tables;
            foreach (@ARGV)
            {
                my $table;
                my $column;
                my $value;
                my $matchtype;
                my $temp = $_;
                if ($temp =~ /^[^=]*\!=/) {
                    ($temp,$value) = split /!=/,$temp,2;
                    $matchtype='natch';
                }
                elsif ($temp =~ /^[^=]*=~/) {
                    ($temp,$value) = split /=~/,$temp,2;
                    $value =~ s/^\///;
                    $value =~ s/\/$//;
                    $matchtype='regex';
                }
                elsif ($temp =~ /[^=]*==/) {
                    ($temp,$value) = split /==/,$temp,2;
                    $matchtype='match';
                }
                elsif ($temp =~ /[^=]*!~/) {
                    ($temp,$value) = split /!~/,$temp,2;
                    $value =~ s/^\///;
                    $value =~ s/\/$//;
                    $matchtype='negex';
                }
                if ($shortnames{$temp})
                {
                    ($table, $column) = @{$shortnames{$temp}};
                    $terse--;
                } elsif ($temp =~ /\./) {
                    ($table, $column) = split('\.', $temp, 2);
                    $terse--;
                } elsif ($xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$temp}) {
                   $terse=0;
                   $table = $temp;
                   foreach my $column (@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}}) {
                      unless (grep /^$column$/, @{$tables{$table}}) {
                        push @{$tables{$table}},[$column,"$temp.$column"];
                      }
                   }
                   next;
                } else {
                   $callback->({error=>"$temp not a valid table.column description",errorcode=>[1]});
                   next;
                }


                unless (grep /$column/,@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}}) {
                   $callback->({error=>"$table.$column not a valid table.column description",errorcode=>[1]});
                   next;
                }
                unless (grep /^$column$/, @{$tables{$table}})
                {
                    push @{$tables{$table}},
                      [$column, $temp,$value,$matchtype];    #Mark this as something to get
                }
            }
            my $tab;
            my %noderecs;
            my %filterednodes=();
            my %mustdisplaynodes=();
            my %forcedisplaykeys=();
            foreach $tab (keys %tables)
            {
                my $tabh = xCAT::Table->new($tab);
                unless ($tabh) { next; }

                #print Dumper($tables{$tab});
                my $node;
                my %labels;
                my %values;
                my %matchtypes;
                my @cols=();
                foreach (@{$tables{$tab}}) 
                {
                    push @cols, $_->[0];
                    $labels{$_->[0]} = $_->[1]; #Remember user supplied discreptions and use them
                    if (not defined  $values{$_->[0]}) { #If selection criteria not previously specified
                        $values{$_->[0]} = $_->[2];  #assign selection criteria
                    } elsif (not defined $_->[2]) { #we already have selection criteria, but this field isn't that
                        $forcedisplaykeys{$_->[0]}=1; #allow switch.switch=~switch switch.switch, for example
                    } else { #User attempted multiple selection criteria on the same field, bail
                        $callback->({error=>["Multiple selection critera for ".$labels{$_->[0]}]});
                        return;
                    }
                    if (not defined $matchtypes{$_->[0]}) { 
                        $matchtypes{$_->[0]} = $_->[3]; 
                    }
                }
                my $nodekey = "node";
                if (defined $xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$tab}->{nodecol}) {
                    $nodekey = $xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$tab}->{nodecol}
                };

                my $removenodecol=1;
                if (grep /^$nodekey$/,@cols) {
                    $removenodecol=0;
                }
                my $rechash=$tabh->getNodesAttribs($nodes,\@cols,withattribution=>$ATTRIBUTION);
                foreach $node (@$nodes)
                {
                    my @cols;
                    my $recs = $rechash->{$node}; #$tabh->getNodeAttribs($node, \@cols);
                    my %satisfiedreqs=();
                    foreach my $rec (@$recs) {

                        foreach (keys %$rec)
                        {
                          if ($_ eq '!!xcatgroupattribution!!') { next; }
                          if ($_ eq $nodekey and $removenodecol) { next; }
                          $satisfiedreqs{$_}=1;
                          my %datseg=();
                          if (defined $values{$_}) {
                              my $criteria=$values{$_}; #At least vim highlighting makes me worry about syntax in regex
                              if ($matchtypes{$_} eq 'match' and not ($rec->{$_} eq $criteria) or
                                  $matchtypes{$_} eq 'natch' and ($rec->{$_} eq $criteria) or
                                  $matchtypes{$_} eq 'regex' and ($rec->{$_} !~ /$criteria/) or
                                  $matchtypes{$_} eq 'negex' and ($rec->{$_} =~ /$criteria/)) {
                              #unless ($rec->{$_} eq $values{$_}) { 
                                  $filterednodes{$node}=1;
                                  next; 
                              }
                              $mustdisplaynodes{$node}=1;
                              unless ($forcedisplaykeys{$_}) { next; } #skip if only specified once on command line
                          } 
                          unless ($terse > 0) {
                              $datseg{data}->[0]->{desc}     = [$labels{$_}];
                          }
                          if ($rec->{'!!xcatgroupattribution!!'} and $rec->{'!!xcatgroupattribution!!'}->{$_}) {
                            $datseg{data}->[0]->{contents} = [$rec->{$_}." (inherited from group ".$rec->{'!!xcatgroupattribution!!'}->{$_}.")"];
                          } else {
                            $datseg{data}->[0]->{contents} = [$rec->{$_}];
                          }
                          $datseg{name} = [$node]; #{}->{contents} = [$rec->{$_}];
                          push @{$noderecs{$node}}, \%datseg;
                        }
                    }
                    foreach (keys %labels) {
                        unless (defined $satisfiedreqs{$_}) {
                            my %dataseg;
                            if (defined $values{$_}) {
                                my $criteria = $values{$_};
                              if ($matchtypes{$_} eq 'match' and not ("" eq $criteria) or
                                  $matchtypes{$_} eq 'natch' and ("" eq $criteria) or
                                  $matchtypes{$_} eq 'regex' and ("" !~ /$criteria/) or
                                  $matchtypes{$_} eq 'negex' and ("" =~ /$criteria/)) {
                              #unless ("" eq $values{$_}) { 
                                  $filterednodes{$node}=1;
                                  next; 
                              }
                              $mustdisplaynodes{$node}=1;
                              unless ($forcedisplaykeys{$_}) { next; }
                            } 
                            $dataseg{name} = [ $node ];
                            unless ($terse > 0) {
                                $dataseg{data}->[0]->{desc} = [$labels{$_}];
                            }
                            $dataseg{data}->[0]->{contents} = [""];
                            push @{$noderecs{$node}}, \%dataseg;
                        }
                    }
                }

                #$rsp->{node}->[0]->{data}->[0]->{desc}->[0] = $_;
                #$rsp->{node}->[0]->{data}->[0]->{contents}->[0] = $_;
                $tabh->close();
                undef $tabh;
            }
            foreach (keys %mustdisplaynodes) {
                if ($filterednodes{$_} or defined $noderecs{$_}) {
                    next;
                }
                $noderecs{$_}=[{name=>[$_]}];
            }
            foreach (keys %filterednodes) {
                delete $noderecs{$_};
            }
            foreach (sort (keys %noderecs))
            {
                push @{$rsp->{"node"}}, @{$noderecs{$_}};
            }
        }
        else
        {
            foreach (sort @$nodes)
            {
                my $noderec;
                $noderec->{name}->[0] = ($_);
                push @{$rsp->{node}}, $noderec;
            }
        }
        $callback->($rsp);
    }
    else
    {

        # no noderange specified on command line, return list of all nodes
        my $nodelisttab;
        if ($nodelisttab = xCAT::Table->new("nodelist"))
        {
            my @attribs = ("node");
            my @ents    = $nodelisttab->getAllAttribs(@attribs);
	    my @nodes;
            foreach (@ents) {
         	if ($_->{node}) {
			push @nodes, $_->{node};
		}
	    }
	    @nodes = sort {$a cmp $b} @nodes;
	    foreach (@nodes) {
                my $rsp;
                #if ($_)
                #{
                    $rsp->{node}->[0]->{name}->[0] = ($_);

                    #              $rsp->{node}->[0]->{data}->[0]->{contents}->[0]="$_->{node} node contents";
                    #              $rsp->{node}->[0]->{data}->[0]->{desc}->[0]="$_->{node} node desc";
                    $callback->($rsp);
                #}
            }
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

#########
#  tabch
#########

sub tabch {
	my $args = shift;
	my $callback = shift;
	my @ARGV = @{$args};
	my $delete = 0;
	if ($ARGV[0] =~ /^-d$/){
		shift @ARGV;
		$delete = 1;
	}
	
	my $target = shift @ARGV;
	my %tables;
	my %keyhash=();
	my @keypairs=split(/,/,$target);
	if ($keypairs[0] !~ /([^\.\=]+)\.([^\.\=]+)\=(.+)/) {
		foreach (@keypairs) {
			m/(.*)=(.*)/;
			my $key=$1;
			my $val=$2;
			$keyhash{$key}=$val;
		}
	} else {
		unshift(@ARGV, $target);
	}

	if($delete){
		my @tables_to_del=@ARGV;
		if(@tables_to_del == 0){
			$callback->({error => ["Missing table name."],errorcode=>[1]});
			return;
		}

		for(@tables_to_del){
			$tables{$_} = xCAT::Table->new($_,-create=> 1,-autocommit => 0);
			$tables{$_}->delEntries(\%keyhash);
			$tables{$_}->commit;
		}
	}else{	
		my %tableupdates;
		for (@ARGV) {
			my $temp;
			my $table;
			my $column;
			my $value;
			($table,$temp) = split('\.',$_,2);
			($column,$value) = split("=",$temp,2);
			unless ($tables{$table}) {
				my $tab = xCAT::Table->new($table,-create => 1,-autocommit => 0);
				if ($tab) {
					$tables{$table}=$tab;
				} else {
					$callback->({error => [ "Table $table does not exist."],errorcode=>[1]});
				}
			}
		$tableupdates{$table}{$column}=$value;
			$tableupdates{$table}{$column}=$value;
		}
  	#commit all the changes
  	foreach (keys %tables) {
    	if (exists($tableupdates{$_})) {
    		$tables{$_}->setAttribs(\%keyhash,\%{$tableupdates{$_}});
			}
			$tables{$_}->commit;
		}

		#commit all the changes
		foreach (keys %tables) {
			if (exists($tableupdates{$_})) {
				$tables{$_}->setAttribs(\%keyhash,\%{$tableupdates{$_}});
			}
			$tables{$_}->commit;
		}
	}
}