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The Powerful Get-Next Operation

The "powerful get-next" is used to move from one object instance to the next in a managed node. For example: 
get-next (system.sysDescr.0)
should return the lexicographically next instance in the MIB, thus: 
sysObjectID.0
The operand of get-next need not be an instance specifier: it can be any OBJECT IDENTIFIER. Hence the call: 
get-next (system.sysDescr)
returns the next instance, thus: 
sysDescr.0
get-next can also take multiple operands, thus it is possible to use it to obtain multiple columns within a single row of a table of information in a single operation, eg: 
get-next (ipRouteDest, ipRouteIfindex)
This is considered to be very useful, hence the terminology powerful get-next
 

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