Re: VLV indices and multi-value attributes

[dboreham@netscape.com (David Boreham)]

Ed Reed wrote:

> In fact, if you simply follow the canonical syntax for relational SELECT operations, you see
>
> SELECT columns (attributes, in LDAP)
> FROM tables (classes in LDAP)
> WHERE selection criteria (search filter in LDAP)
> ORDER BY results ordering criteria (your proposed sort control in LDAP)

Trouble is, the Directory isn't a relational database.
Different information model.
Many subtle consequences result.

Relational access to the underlying data stored in
a Directory Service is an intersesting facility, but
I suspect it's a quite different animal to some extensions
to LDAP.