Re: Locking/atomicity in OpenLDAP

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 08:49 AM 1/8/01 +0100, Vetle Roeim wrote:
>What about transactions? I guess LDAP doesn't support this (found no
>reference to it in RFC 2251), but I could imagine situations where it
>could be very useful.

Correct, LDAP does not provide any transaction support (e.g:
the ability to update multiple entries as one atomic action).

>Would transactions in LDAP be a good idea?

IMO, yes.  I have written an Internet Draft suggesting one
approach.  There are others.  I hope this will be an area
in which the IETF will eventually do work in.

Kurt