Re: Problem finding telephonenumber in a plain numeric search when number is stored with special characters

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Walter Kempel wrote:
> Teleponenumber:+41(61)26-71234
>
> Searchfilter "(telephonenumber=+41(61)26-71234)" gave correct result
> Searchfilter "(telephonenumber=41612671234)" gave correct result
> Searchfilter "(telephonenumber=41(61)26-71234)" gave correct result
> Searchfilter "(telephonenumber=+41(61)2671234)" gave correct result
>
> It seems that Notes keeps all non-digit characters out of the telephonenumber index AND the search.
>
> How can I achieve the same under OpenLdap?
>   
Currently you can't. OpenLDAP's telephoneNumber syntax only strips the 
'-' characters out of the number for indexing. Perhaps you should file 
an ITS requesting that this be changed; it probably would be more useful 
to only preserve numeric digits in the index (and the matching).

By the way, technically a number like +41 (61) xxxxx is not well formed; 
the parentheses are supposed to be omitted for international numbers:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.std.internat/msg/24fc32228689a620?dmode=source

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