Hello,

I was just wondering how i could launch ONE basic ldap search on several custom attributes all prefixed by "companyName..."

I even don't know if processing that way is possible or if i should make several ldap searches

Thanks for your help

LM

Hello,

Instead of using (|(companyNameAttr1)(companyNameAttr2))).... I'd like to know if i could use some "joker" on attribut name like (companyNameAttr*)

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-----Message d'origine----- De : Gavin Henry [mailto:ghenry@suretecsystems.com] Envoyé : mardi 10 avril 2007 16:07 À : Marot Laurent Cc : openldap-software@openldap.org Objet : Re: Ldapsearch on multiple attributes

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Hello,

I was just wondering how i could launch ONE basic ldap search on several custom attributes all prefixed by "companyName..."

I even don't know if processing that way is possible or if i should make several ldap searches

Thanks for your help

LM

Something like:

ldapsearch -x -H ldap://myhost (&(objectClass=CustomClass)(|(companyNameEtc)(blah))) dn

See:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4515.txt

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Marot Laurent wrote:

Hello,

Instead of using (|(companyNameAttr1)(companyNameAttr2))).... I'd like to know if i could use some "joker" on attribut name like (companyNameAttr*)

That's forbidden by LDAP specs. Questions like this, which are not related OpenLDAP but quite generic, and clearly originating from a limited knowledge of LDAP basics, should rather be directed to generic LDAP lists, or addressed by reading the specs or a good book.

p.

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Marot Laurent writes:

Instead of using (|(companyNameAttr1)(companyNameAttr2))).... I'd like to know if i could use some "joker" on attribut name like (companyNameAttr*)

No.

However if it's your own schema and you are still developing it, you can define them as subtypes of a common attribute and then search for that common attribute. Such a search will find subtypes too.

The subtypes inherit the syntax and matching rules of the supertype unless overridden. And I don't know how indexing works if you override the syntax or matching rules, e.g. caseIgnoreMatch -> caseExactMatch. (If you index the common attribute, the index will include the subtypes so that the search will work properly.)

The common attribute (likely also defined in your schema) should normally not itself be used in directory entries and thus not in the MUST/MAY clauses of object classes, since you'll have no standard way to search for that attribute _without_ getting subtype matches as well.

See e.g. the definitions of attributes 'name', 'c' and 'o' in RFC 4519.