Re: [ldapext] VLV: a particular target entry

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 03:23 PM 2002-09-25, Jim Sermersheim wrote:
>Don't you mean the DN is to specify the target entry in an *un*ordered
>list?

No, I mean an *ordered* list.  VLV should always work on an
ordered list of entries.  The DN is selecting a particular
entry in that list.

>Actually, seems useful for either (ordered or not)
>
>Jim
>
>>>> "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org> 09/25/02 04:04PM >>>
>At 02:51 PM 2002-09-25, David Boreham wrote:
>>> distinguished name.
>>
>>Ah !
>>
>>> 
>>>         VirtualListViewRequest
>>>         ...
>>>           CHOICE {
>>
>>So you're asking for the ability to specify DN in place of
>>an attribute name, in the target specification ?
>
>No, I'm asking to specify DN in place of byoffset or
>greaterThanOrEqual.
>
>>Seems reasonable. Is there a reason why 'dn' can't
>>be submitted as an attribute name ? (I suspect there is,
>>I don't know enough about X.500 to undersand why 
>>dn is different to other attribute names).
>
>A number of reasons, but most importantly:
>
>The DN is to specify the target entry in an ordered list,
>not how to order the list (which what the attribute
>name is used for).
>
>Kurt
>
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