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Re: A tricky matched values problem
Hi, David! Erik!!
The solution to this which is given in the FDAM says (to counter this
kind of problem):
"The matchedValuesOnly argument indicates that certain attribute values
are to be omitted from the returned entry information. Specifically,
where an attribute to be returned is multi-valued, and some but not all
of the values of that attribute contributed to the search filter, in its
last effective form (i.e. taking relaxed matching rules into account)
returning TRUE via filter items other than present, then the values that
did not so contribute are omitted from the returned entry information.
An attribute value is said to contribute to the search filter if it is
matched by any non-negated filter item in the filter (see 7.8.1),
whether or not omission of that item would have led to a different
outcome in the selection of the containing entry."
Does this resolve the problem?
All the best
Anthony
In message <E11WHkh-0002ne-00@neodymium.btinternet.com>, David Chadwick
<d.w.chadwick@salford.ac.uk> writes
>Thomas Salter providing the following filter:
>
>(OR(AND(mail=sean.mullan@sun.com)(telephoneNumber=47))(cn=
>Sean*))
>
>to an entry containing the following attributes.
>
>cn: Sean Mullan
>mail: sean.mullan@sun.com
>mail: mullan@east.sun.com
>telephoneNumber: +1 781 442 0926
>telephoneNumber: 555-9999
>
>As you can see, the overall filter is true, the AND is false, but the
>mail attribute value matches true. The question is "does matched
>ValuesOnly apply to the mail attribute or not". ie. should one or two
>mail attribute values be returned.
>
>On the FOR side (one returned value), we have that the AVA was
>true,
>On the AGAINST side, we have that the AVA did not contribute to
>the overall filter matching true.
>
>My first reaction was to say that only one mail value should be
>returned, but whilst drafting the proposed textual addition to X.500 I
>have started to change my mind.
>
>What does anyone else think.
>
>David
>
>
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