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diff --git a/doc/administration.xml b/doc/administration.xml
index a1a7da2..fbb02e2 100644
--- a/doc/administration.xml
+++ b/doc/administration.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <chapter id="administration">
- <!-- $Id: administration.xml,v 1.51 2007-05-24 13:44:09 adam Exp $ -->
+ <!-- $Id: administration.xml,v 1.54 2007-12-19 09:30:29 adam Exp $ -->
  <title>Administrating &zebra;</title>
  <!-- ### It's a bit daft that this chapter (which describes half of
           the configuration-file formats) is separated from
@@ -300,6 +300,19 @@
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
+      <term>index: <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+	Defines the filename which holds fields structure
+	definitions. If omitted, the file <filename>default.idx</filename>
+	is read.
+	Refer to <xref linkend="default-idx-file"/> for
+	more information.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry>
       <term>staticrank: <replaceable>integer</replaceable></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
@@ -762,7 +775,7 @@
    of tokens. Each token takes the form:
    
    <screen>
-    <emphasis>dir</emphasis><literal>:</literal><emphasis>size</emphasis>. 
+    <emphasis>dir</emphasis><literal>:</literal><emphasis>size</emphasis> 
    </screen>
    
    The <emphasis>dir</emphasis> specifies a directory in which index files
@@ -776,19 +789,21 @@
    <literal>k</literal> for kilobytes.
    <literal>M</literal> for megabytes,
    <literal>G</literal> for gigabytes.
+   Specifying a negative value disables the checking (it still needs the unit, 
+   use <literal>-1b</literal>).
   </para>
   
   <para>
-   For instance, if you have allocated two disks for your register, and
+   For instance, if you have allocated three disks for your register, and
    the first disk is mounted
-   on <literal>/d1</literal> and has 2GB of free space and the
-   second, mounted on <literal>/d2</literal> has 3.6 GB, you could
-   put this entry in your configuration file:
+   on <literal>/d1</literal> and has 2GB of free space, the
+   second, mounted on <literal>/d2</literal> has 3.6 GB, and the third,
+   on which you have more space than you bother to worry about, mounted on 
+   <literal>/d3</literal> you could put this entry in your configuration file:
    
    <screen>
-    register: /d1:2G /d2:3600M
+    register: /d1:2G /d2:3600M /d3:-1b
    </screen>
-   
   </para>
   
   <para>
@@ -1523,9 +1538,18 @@ where g = rset_count(terms[i]->rset) is the count of all documents in this speci
     is able to parse &acro.xml; records, you may use any of the two
     declarations (but not both simultaneously!)
     <screen>    
-     recordType: grs.xml
-     # recordType: alvis.filter_alvis_config.xml
+     recordType: dom.filter_dom_conf.xml
+     # recordType: grs.xml
     </screen>
+    Notice the difference to the specific instructions
+    <screen>    
+     recordType.xml: dom.filter_dom_conf.xml
+     # recordType.xml: grs.xml
+    </screen> 
+    which only work when indexing XML files from the filesystem using
+    the <literal>*.xml</literal> naming convention.
+   </para>
+   <para>
     To enable transaction safe shadow indexing,
     which is extra important for this kind of operation, set
     <screen>
@@ -1597,16 +1621,18 @@ where g = rset_count(terms[i]->rset) is the count of all documents in this speci
          <entry><literal>&acro.xml; string</literal></entry>
          <entry>An &acro.xml; formatted string containing the record</entry>
         </row>
-        <row>
-         <entry><literal>syntax</literal></entry>
-         <entry><literal>'xml'</literal></entry>
-         <entry>Only &acro.xml; record syntax is supported</entry>
-        </row>
+       <row>
+	<entry><literal>syntax</literal></entry>
+	<entry><literal>'xml'</literal></entry>
+	<entry>XML/SUTRS/MARC. GRS-1 not supported.
+	 The default filter (record type) as given by recordType in
+	 zebra.cfg is used to parse the record.</entry>
+       </row>
         <row>
          <entry><literal>recordIdOpaque</literal></entry>
          <entry><literal>string</literal></entry>
          <entry>
-         Optional  client-supplied, opaque record
+         Optional client-supplied, opaque record
          identifier used under insert operations.
         </entry>
         </row>
@@ -1804,6 +1830,76 @@ where g = rset_count(terms[i]->rset) is the count of all documents in this speci
     </screen>  
     </para>
     </sect2>
+
+   <sect2 id="administration-extended-services-debugging">
+    <title>Extended services debugging guide</title>
+    <para>
+     When debugging ES over PHP we recomment the following order of tests:
+    </para>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Make sure you have a nice record on your filesystem, which you can 
+       index from the filesystem by use of the zebraidx command.
+       Do it exactly as you planned, using one of the GRS-1 filters,
+       or the DOMXML filter. 
+       When this works, proceed.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Check that your server setup is OK before you even coded one single 
+       line PHP using ES.
+       Take the same record form the file system, and send as ES via 
+       <literal>yaz-client</literal> like described in
+       <xref linkend="administration-extended-services-yaz-client"/>,
+       and
+       remeber the <literal>-a</literal> option which tells you what
+       goes over the wire! Notice also the section on permissions:
+       try 
+       <screen>
+        perm.anonymous: rw
+       </screen>
+       in <literal>zebra.cfg</literal> to make sure you do not run into 
+       permission  problems (but never expose such an unsecure setup on the 
+       internet!!!). Then, make sure to set the general
+       <literal>recordType</literal> instruction, pointing correctly
+       to the GRS-1 filters,
+       or the DOMXML filters.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       If you insist on using the <literal>sysno</literal> in the 
+       <literal>recordIdNumber</literal> setting, 
+       please make sure you do only updates and deletes. Zebra's internal 
+       system number is not allowed for
+       <literal>recordInsert</literal> or 
+       <literal>specialUpdate</literal> actions 
+       which result in fresh record inserts.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       If <literal>shadow register</literal> is enabled in your 
+       <literal>zebra.cfg</literal>, you must remember running the 
+       <screen>
+        Z> adm-commit
+       </screen>
+       command as well.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       If this works, then proceed to do the same thing in your PHP script.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+
+   </sect2>
+
  </sect1>
 
 </chapter>