wildcard not working after record deleted

[Maria Iano]

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 09:08:33PM -0500, /dev/rob0 wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 06:19:31PM -0400, Maria Iano wrote:
> > We have a group of users that need to use a wildcard record in 
> > their zone. Their wildcard works in general, but they have a 
> > situation where it isn't working. They had some records that they 
> > deleted, and expected the wildcard to take over, but it hasn't. If 
> > we query a record that doesn't exist and never has in the zone, 
> > then we get the answer from the wildcard. If we query a record that 
> > used to exist but was deleted and now doesn't exist, then we get no 
> > answer. We don't get NXDOMAIN, we get
> 
> NXDOMAIN means there is no data of any type for the queried owner 
> name.
> 
> > status: NOERROR
> > 
> > and no answer.
> 
> NOERROR means the query completed successfully, with no error.  It 
> might mean in your case that there is other data with that owner 
> name, but no RRset of the requested type.
> 
> IOW, when you have a TXT and A record with the same owner:
> 
> sample		7200	IN	A	192.0.2.53
> sample		7200	IN	TXT	"This is a sample."
> *		7200	IN	A	192.0.2.101
> 
> If you delete the A record, the TXT is still there, and your wildcard 
> A record in the zone would not be used for that name.
> 
> > Has anyone else come across this?
> 
> That's the best guess I can come up with without seeing the query and 
> the zone data.  If you need more help you will have to share that 
> information.

Thanks for your answer. There are no other records with that name in the
zone, and an ANY query comes back empty but still with status of
NOERROR. Unfortunately, I can't provide the query and zone data, and I
do understand that prevents you from helping.

I was hoping someone else had come across this at some point.

Thanks again,
Maria