--- servers/slapd/filter.c	2002/01/14 00:43:19	1.72
+++ servers/slapd/filter.c	2002/03/01 17:52:45	1.73
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* filter.c - routines for parsing and dealing with filters */
-/* $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/servers/slapd/filter.c,v 1.71 2002/01/06 05:21:30 hyc Exp $ */
+/* $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/servers/slapd/filter.c,v 1.72 2002/01/14 00:43:19 hyc Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright 1998-2002 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
  * COPYING RESTRICTIONS APPLY, see COPYRIGHT file
@@ -534,8 +534,15 @@ get_substring_filter(
 			goto return_error;
 		}
 
-		rc = value_normalize( f->f_sub_desc, usage, &value, &bv, text );
+		/* valiate using equality matching rule validator! */
+		rc = value_validate( f->f_sub_desc->ad_type->sat_equality,
+			&value, text );
+		if( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+			goto return_error;
+		}
 
+		rc = value_normalize( f->f_sub_desc, usage,
+			&value, &bv, text );
 		if( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
 			goto return_error;
 		}