Re: (ITS#3939) min/max function extension to LDAP protocol

[quanah@stanford.edu]

--On Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:53 AM -0700 "Kurt D. Zeilenga" 
<Kurt@OpenLDAP.org> wrote:

> LDAP already provides a mechanism for performing this function,
> by use of the paging (1 page of 1 entry) [RFC2696] and sorting
> [RFC2891] controls.  Of course, slapd(8) does not support the
> sorting control.
>
> Given this is (or can be assumed to be) a request for enhancement
> to OpenLDAP Software and not a request to enhance LDAP (if the
> latter, the OpenLDAP ITS is not the right place to request
> enhancements to LDAP be made), I suggest this ITS be regarded
> as a request to implement the sorting control.

Yes, this is a request to enhance OpenLDAP appropriately. :)

--Quanah

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