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Re: compare: detailed steps

To: "Jim Sermersheim" <jimse@novell.com>
Subject: Re: compare: detailed steps
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:32:32 -0800
Cc: <ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org>
In-reply-to: <sa13cbc6.092@prv-mail20.provo.novell.com>

At 11:57 AM 11/16/00 -0700, Jim Sermersheim wrote:
>The compare operation in RFC 2251 (section 4.10) simply states: "Upon receipt of a Compare Request, a server will attempt to perform the requested comparison. The result of the comparison will be returned to the client in the Compare Response".
>
>It doesn't instruct the implementor on how to handle invalid and/or attributes that don't exist, or what to do when there is no equality matching rule. Should these things be discussed here, or left for the (hopefully) upcomming result codes appendix?

I suggest that the resultCode technical specification (which I suggest
be in an normative appendix) discuss the general meaning of each
code and that requirements and or meanings specific to an operation
be discussed in the section detailing that operation.

Kurt

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- compare: detailed steps
  - From: "Jim Sermersheim" <jimse@novell.com>

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