δΊ Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:28:06 -0700 Howard Chu hyc@symas.com ει:
Zhang Weiwu wrote:
Dear list
As the project I am working on requires, all ldap search results should return latest-modified entry first. This requirement have many practical reason behind it and is an important requirement. I solve this problem by always invoke ldap search with 'sort' option.
I believe by doing so I have lowered down performance, especially the search result is often several thousands records. Now the server is overburden. I have noticed if I don't use sort feature, the result is always the reverse of the project requirement: last modified entries are displayed last. (project requirement is: last modified entries are displayed first.)
That must be pure coincidence. Entries are returned in their order of creation, not order of modification. There is no configuration that will change this ordering.
I don't think it's pure coincidence, at least not 'pure'. I tried to modify an entry in middle of the search result, and do search again, this very entry goes to the bottom of the search result.