Re: Protocol: present filter behavior

[John McMeeking <jmcmeek@us.ibm.com>]

You lost me.  How can "presence" be undefined or not implemented for an
attribute description?

John  McMeeking


owner-ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org wrote on 02/08/2005 01:11:41 PM:

> In Protocol Section 4.5.1.7.5 (SearchRequest.filter.present) it says
> that a present match evaluates to "FALSE ... including a presence
> test with an unrecognized attribute description".
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> It doesn't mention the case where the attribute description is
> recognized, but the present match is not implemented for it.
>
> Section 4.5.1.7 indicates that this would result in an "Undefined"
> filter item, but I'm not sure if this is the intent for present matches.
>
> So, two questions: 1) Is this case treated as Undefined? (My read
> says yes). 2) Does this need to be clarified in the I-D?
>
> Jim
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