Re: Ordering of data values of non-SINGLE-VALUE attributes

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>]

--On Monday, February 07, 2005 10:26 AM +0100 Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> 
wrote:

> Gentlemen,
>
> I need to know if the data values of non-SINGLE-VALUE attributes are
> always returned in the same order they were stored or not.
>
> After searching the archives I found indications that this is *not* case,
> i.e. there is no guarantee that the data values are returned in the same
> or any order at all.
>
> Can someone confirm this?  Are there any RFCs describing the behaviour of
> multi-valued attributes?

Marc,

It definitely isn't supported at this time.  It is a feature that I think 
many could find quite useful, and there has been some discussion around 
making "weighted" attributes.  This is a bit more flexible than a fixed 
return order.

--Quanah


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