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Re: multi-value attribute search result



<quote who="Pierangelo Masarati">
> Zhang Weiwu wrote:
>> On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 15:54 +0200, Pierangelo Masarati wrote:
>>> Piotr Wadas wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> using openldap 2.3.35.
>>>>
>>>> When I do a search for some attribute like "cn=foobar", and in set of
>>>> attributes which are to be returned per-entry is "cn" attribute, all
>>>> its
>>>> values are returned.
>>>>
>>>> however, when I search with "cn=foo*", and entry has multiple
>>>> "cn" values, like
>>>>
>>>> "cn=foo",
>>>> "cn=joe",
>>>> "cn=foobar",
>>>> "cn=foobarX",
>>>> "cn=bob",
>>>> "cn=nofoobar"
>>>>
>>>> - is it possible to have "cn" returned, but only these values,
>>>> which actually matched the filter ?
>>> Yes.  Use RFC 3876 control.  E.g.
>>>
>>> $ ldapsearch -E mv="(cn=foo*)"
>>
>> Cool, only this is not mentioned in ldapsearch man page.
>
> Please file an ITS for this.  Complaining in the last of a series of
> emails on a partially related subject is really the best way for not
> seeing it fixed ever.

Please do, then I will action the addition.

Gavin.