[rrd-users] Strange values in RRA

[Olivier Nicole]

> > >         <ds>
> > >                 <name> 1 </name>
> > >                 <type> GAUGE </type>
> >
> > Not a good idea to call a dataset by a numerical name.  This will
> > confuse all sorts of things in the RPN for a start.  Best stick
> > to alpha.
> >
> > In fact, I don?t think you CAN use a numeric name in the normal
> > APIs, but RRD::Simple seems not to make as many sanity checks...
> 
> you can not use numeric names, because this would cause an
> ambiguity in CDEF expressions.

But before the CDEF, there is a DEF, and in the DEF I use alphabetic
names:
	DEF:v1=virus.rrd:1:AVERAGE
	CDEF:vv1:v1:6:*

Best regards,

Olivier