Re: UTF-8 ?? Correction

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

At 11:27 AM 10/10/00 +0200, De Leeuw guy wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have 3 ldap servers :
>    1) IBM eDirectory Version 2.1
>    2) OpenLdap Version 2.0.4
>    3) IBM eDirectory Version 3.1
>
>I develop a client under WNT with the OpenLdap oldap32.lib and ollber32.lib.
>With the IBM eDirectory Version 2.1 and OpenLdap Version 2.0.4 no problems,
>but with the IBM eDirectory Version 3.1 the data is in UTF-8 format
>and is not correctly converted.

converted?  When using LDAPv3: If you put UTF-8 in,
you should get UTF-8 out.  The API does no conversion,
the servers should no conversion.

You should:
  1) make sure all clients are using LDAPv3
  2) make sure all clients are using UTF-8


>Exemples :
>========
>
>dn: cn=XName Angélique, o=Eurofer, c=be
>objectclass: person
>cn: XName Angélique
>sn: XName
>givenname: Angélique
>
>Under OpenLdap 2.04 the string is : XName Angélique
>Under eDirectory 2.1 the string is : XName Angélique
>Under eDirectory 3.1 the string is : XName Angélique
>
>How to solve this problem with the OpenLdap oldap32.lib and ollber32.lib
>client tools ?
>
>Thank's in advance
>
>Guy De Leeuw
>EDP Manager
>Eurofer ASBL
>211, rue du noyer
>1000, Bruxelles
>Belgium
>Phone : +32 (2) 738 79 40
>Fax : +32 (2) 736 28 22
>E-Mail : mailto:G.De_Leeuw@eurofer.be