Re: LDAP V3 Server Side Sorting

On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 08:52:52AM -0700, David Giffin wrote: > > > If we are to follow the Netscape API then we should have a > ldap_search_ext() function which we can pass the results of the > ldap_create_sort_control(), other server side and client side controls. > We can then incorporate "Virtual List View Control" and "Entry Change > Notification Control" along with the rest of LDAP Version 3 > functionality. Yes, I think it might be better to have separate functions for the controls like I suggested in my last mail though. We then make sure to pass the necessary controls to ldap_search_ext() in our internal C function. Also in some cases people can set necessary controls with the existing ldap_set_control() function. This is easier for PHP users than having to first call ldap_create_sort_control() etc. and call ldap_search_ext() with results from those. They would also have to free the resources that ldap_search_ext() will have to create. What I propose is that we only keep the resources internally, and that they are freed in the sort case by calling the set_server_sort.. function with an empty attribute array. This is a matter of taste. I can try to explain my thinking in more detail, but I don't have time for that until next week. Stig