RE: duplicate entries allowed?

["Howard Chu" <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Rajesh Pandry K

> hi all,
> In my linux box I installed openldap. its working fine.
>
> In Oracle, it is possible to have duplicate entries in the tables,
> provided that table doesnot have a primary key or a unique
> index on that
> column ( which is duplicate ).
>
> The same way, is possible in directory server to hold the duplicate
> entries? Is there any option  to create duplicate entries in the
> directory server it would helpful for me to generalize the LDAP client
> library.

Your example is flawed, since the DN of an entry is its "primary key". As
such, it is not allowed.

> my DIT look like,
> dn: cn=pandry,ou=customer,dc=foo,dc=com
> cn:pandry
> name:pandry
> country:india
> phone:333333
> objectclass:customer
> objectclass:top
>
> The duplicate entry look like ( I changed only phone )
> dn: cn=pandry,ou=customer,dc=foo,dc=com
> cn:pandry
> name:pandry
> country:india
> phone:444444
> objectclass:customer
> objectclass:top


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