Re: asking for new feature extending LDAP: return entriest that only matches in default language

["matthew sporleder" <msporleder@gmail.com>]

On 7/14/07, Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@realss.com> wrote:
> Dear list
>
> I am not sure if this is the right place to ask for this, but can
> someone help me by writing me a patch to openldap that allow me to do
> search and only getting entries that mathches in default language (but
> not in other language versions)?
>
> How much do I need to pay for such a patch?
>
> e.g. there are 2 entries:
>
> First Entry is:
>
> o: Company A
>
> Second Entry is:
>
> o: Company B
> o;lang-de: Aaaa
>
> Then the patch I need would allow me to do a search for o with "*A" that
> only return me the first entry but do not return the second entry.
>
> I suspect maybe the patch would accept a special search filter format:
> search for o=*A -> return both entry, this is like traditional
> search for o;lang-=*A -> return only first entry, this is using the
> "special search filter format"
>
> The later search filter is only my imagination, I mean ";lang-" is
> telling server only look for the default language version. There can be
> better ways to invent search filter format for my purpose without
> breaking other standards too much.
>
> Thank you very much and best regards

Can't you just do a search like:
(&(o=*A*)(lang=foo)) ?  Where do these lang- attributes come from?
(it seems like you want to search for attributes instead of values,
which seems to be the wrong-way around)