SYA> Has something changed in rules ? It has. Unique nic-handles can be registered only once, after deletion the nic-hanlde can't be used. Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 2:24:48 PM, you wrote: SYA> Hello. SYA> I attempt to register person in RIPE Database. Some time ago I was SYA> searching for unused nic-hdl by change numbers. But it is not works SYA> now: SYA> $ whois DBS3-RIPE SYA> % This is the RIPE Database query service. SYA> % The objects are in RPSL format. SYA> % SYA> % The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions. SYA> % See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf SYA> %ERROR:101: no entries found SYA> % SYA> % No entries found in the selected source(s). SYA> but I receive reply: SYA> notify: ..... SYA> nic-hdl: DBS3-RIPE SYA> mnt-by: ..... SYA> changed: ..... SYA> source: RIPE SYA> ***Error: The nic-hdl 'DBS3-RIPE' is not available. SYA> Has something changed in rules ? -- Sergey