RE: slow search on indexed attribute

[Frank Swasey <Frank.Swasey@uvm.edu>]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 at 1:06pm, Armbrust, Daniel C. wrote:

> >It looks like if I do a search for 3 or less characters, it fails to
> >use the index.
>
> Because the index key length is defined (in slap.h) to be 4 characters.

Is there a discussion someplace about why the number 4 was chosen and
the repercussions of choosing a smaller number?

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