TXT records

[Nitin Khurana]

> I am having a problem in updating a TXT record using res_update query
in
> BIND 8.2.3, it gives me a FORMERR, I have set the class to IN, type
t-
> T_TXT and the RR owner that is the r_dname parameter to
> host.blr.novell.com and the r_data parameter to the text string
> "something", but it gives me a format error in the r_data.

Where as I am able to update the same record using the nsupdate
utility. Could someone tell me as to what should be the format of the
rdata section for the txt record if I just want to put a string say
"something"??

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Nitin Khurana.