Re: are mulivalued attributes really unordered?

To: John Woodell <woodie@worldpac.com>
Subject: Re: are mulivalued attributes really unordered?
From: Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:00:46 +0100
Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
In-reply-to: <419E876D.5050804@worldpac.com>
References: <200411191051.13403.misty@borkholder.com> <m37johequh.fsf@marin.l4b.de> <419E876D.5050804@worldpac.com>
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John Woodell wrote:

Are mulivalued attributes really unordered?


Yes.

It seems that there always is an order.

Never ever implement a LDAP client which relys on ordered multi-valued attributes! You have been warned!

Ciao, Michael.

Follow-Ups:
- ACIs rely on multivalue attribute order (Was: are mulivalued attributes really unordered?)
  - From: "Pierangelo Masarati" <ando@sys-net.it>

References:
- ACL questsion about "by group"
  - From: Misty Stanley-Jones <misty@borkholder.com>
- Re: ACL questsion about "by group"
  - From: Dieter Kluenter <dieter@dkluenter.de>
- are mulivalued attributes really unordered?
  - From: John Woodell <woodie@worldpac.com>