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RE: LAST CALL: draft-ietf-asid-ldapv3-simplepaged-02.txt
Ed:
I think we've got enough interest in the extension to move it ahead.
Thanks for your comments.
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: marcus.lasance@bt.com [SMTP:marcus.lasance@bt.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 1998 10:28 AM
> To: ed.oskiewicz@bt-sys.bt.co.uk; ietf-ldapext@netscape.com;
> ietf-asid@netscape.com
> Subject: RE: LAST CALL: draft-ietf-asid-ldapv3-simplepaged-02.txt
>
> Vinay Shankar of Worldtalk Wrote:
>
> "There are applications that would like to see this feature in LDAP
> servers.
> "
>
> I am building such an application in BT and am very much handicapped by
> this
> facility not yet available in the current Worldtalk/ICL product/protocol
> converter.
> So much that we had to build our own version of ldapsearch using dap
> paging
> to achieve the same thing .
>
> I do speak for BT when I state that I can't wait for this to be part of
> the
> supported product set.
>
> Go for it!
>
> Best regards
>
> Marcus
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed Oskiewicz [SMTP:ed.oskiewicz@bt-sys.bt.co.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 4:45 PM
> > To: 'ietf-ldapext@netscape.com'; 'ietf-asid@netscape.com'
> > Subject: RE: LAST CALL: draft-ietf-asid-ldapv3-simplepaged-02.txt
> >
> >
> > Paging? Just say no
> > ===============
> >
> > My initial reaction is why bother?, this feature places a burden on
> > servers by expecting them to do work that is properly performed by
> > clients. The underlying network protocols can be used to throttle data
> > which arrives too quickly for a client without adding to the complexity
> > of server implementation and without adding to the resources required by
> > a running server. Any client complex enough to need paging for multiple
> > result sets can implement it for itself. Could I remind you all that the
> > L in LDAP stood for lightweight, IMHO this feature is inappropriate for
> > a lightweight services which may run on smallish platforms.
> >
> > Needless to say these are personal opinions only, on this matter I speak
> > from my company not for it.
> >
> > Ed
> > --
> > Ed Oskiewicz, B54/81, BT Labs Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK,
> > IP5 3RE
> > ed.oskiewicz@bt-sys.bt.co.uk
> > Tel: +44 1473 640896 Fax: +44 1473 643545
> >
> > >