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Re: back-sql using varchar keyvals and ids

To: Jason Potkanski <JPotkanski@cciminstitute.com>
Subject: Re: back-sql using varchar keyvals and ids
From: Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:29:08 +0200 (CEST)
Cc: openldap-software@openldap.org
In-reply-to: <C8453C0D9CB4B04596651E7298337A27040C1322@ccim-exchange.cciminstitute.com>

----- "Jason Potkanski" <JPotkanski@cciminstitute.com> wrote:

> I have an interest in using openldap as an external authenticator for
> our membership to connect to external services. Our main table has a
> primary key of a varchar (10) and nothing unique in the table that is
> an
> int. 

You can modify back-sql.h, defining BACKSQL_ARBITRARY_KEY and recompiling, to allow strings to be used as keys.  Not extensively tested, but should work.

p.



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- back-sql using varchar keyvals and ids
  - From: "Potkanski, Jason" <JPotkanski@cciminstitute.com>

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