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Re: Indexing LDAP entries



Hi josh,

Thanks for the reply.

I now understand index type sub and its family of indexes.
But I am still very unclear about the other types, here is 
what I think they are and their usage, please correct me 
where I am wrong:

eq : maintain an index for exact matches. so I suppose 
it is only used if the filter pattern does not use wildcards.

pres : maintain an index for presence of attributes for any
entry?

approx : approximate index, what is it, how will it be used, 
and for what sort of search filters?

sub : consists of subinitial, subany, subfinal. Can i just specify
"sub" as an index type, or does it have to be 1 of the above?

Regards

Jatin

On Tuesday 26 February 2002 22:08, oberwetter, josh wrote:
> This question has been asked & answered before. See the mailing list
> archives & the FAQ.
>
> For example
> http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200202/msg00231.html
> http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/42.html
> and http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/190.html
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jatin Nansi [mailto:jatin.nansi@timesgroup.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:44 AM
> To: 'openldap-software@openldap.org'
> Subject: Indexing LDAP entries
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I understand that adding indexing information to the ldap database
> will make lookups several times faster. But I do not understand exactly
> what does pres,eq,approx,sub,none mean.
>
> Is there anywhere i can find out the meanings of these terms and when
> to use these?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jatin