> quanah(a)zimbra.com wrote: >> Full_Name: Quanah Gibson-Mount >> Version: NA >> OS: NA >> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ >> Submission from: (NULL) (75.111.45.108) >> >> >> It would be extremely useful to have an extended operation that allows >> querying >> the number of children of a given (sub)tree, so that one can avoid >> iterating >> through the entire subtree to determine this number. >> > Might as well ask for the numSubordinates operational attribute to be > implemented instead, this doesn't seem to merit a new exop. And for > numSubordinates, see the -devel archives for why we chose not to implement > it. > > In either case, the server still needs to iterate over all entries > internally, > and the result has to take ACLs and entry disclosure into account. An exop would allow to easily discriminate between intentional and "catchall" requests, like "+". Moreover, it might make sense to discriminate at least between subtree and onelevel number of subordinates; this would require two distinct operational attributes, or a parameter in the exop. I'm not endorsing either solution, I'm just pointing out possible pros and cons.