> 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?

Well,  I simply don't understand the way this technical list operates sometimes.  The feature is there so there must be some worthy use cases for implementing it. At the very least, simply because the documentation on sssvlv as it relates to OpenLDAP is sparse at best, could someone please point me to some comprehensive documentation on the subject. Perhaps some concrete reasons as to when and why you do/don't want to implement server side sorting? The OpenLDAP Administration guide briefly touches on sssvlv and the man pages aren't any more detailed.