> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:13:13 -0800
> From: quanah@zimbra.com
> To: mlstarling31@hotmail.com; openldap-technical@openldap.org
> Subject: RE: Server Side Searching Overlay
>
>
> --On Tuesday, December 22, 2015 2:10 PM -0500 Michael
> <mlstarling31@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I could really use some help here if anyone can sort my questions it
> > would be greatly appreciated..I'll even through in a bundt cake and/or
> > canned ham since it's the holidays and all.
>
> Modifying core schema is rarely a good idea, and often frowned upon.
>
> There are a number of reasons why doing sorting on the server side is an
> extremely bad idea. It's generally a much better idea to do the sorting in
> the client.
>
> --Quanah
>
> __________________________________________________
> > From: mlstarling31@hotmail.com
> > To: openldap-technical@openldap.org
> > Subject: Server Side Searching Overlay
> > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:27:01 -0500
> >
> >
> > So I have a request from developers to enable the sssvlv overlay. They
> > would like the server to return sorted searches on
> >
> >
> > I enabled the overlay and then to test the functionality I added the
> > following "ordering" rule to the core.schema.
> >
> >
> >
> > attributetype ( 2.5.4.4 NAME ( 'sn' 'surname' )
> > DESC 'RFC2256: last (family) name(s) for which the entity is
> > known by'
> > ORDERING caseIgnoreOrderingMatch
> > SUP name )
> >
> >
> > The following ldapsearch works as expected and returns the "sn" attribute
> > in alphabetical order.
> >
> >
> > ldapsearch -x -ZZ -D cn=root,dc=testlott,dc=lott -w password
> > objectclass=person -E sss=sn sn
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Based on this information I have several questions.
> >
> >
> > 1. Will I be violating any RFC by modifying the core.schema?
> > 2. The developers want the same functionality with the "cn" attribute. Is
> > this supported or even possible?
> > 3. They also request this functionality on a couple of attributes in a
> > custom schema. Is adding an "ordering" rule as I did with the "sn"
> > attribute the proper way to do this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Quanah Gibson-Mount
> Platform Architect
> Zimbra, Inc.
> --------------------
> Zimbra :: the leader in open source messaging and collaboration

Thanks Quanah, and I understand the best way to do this is to have the client do the sorting. However, with that said I still need to provide a proof of concept for the development team before I try and persuade them otherwise.

Is it possible to enable sssvlv for the CN attribute?
>