Re: Status of persistent search in OpenLDAP

[Emmanuel Lecharny <elecharny@gmail.com>]

On 9/1/11 9:25 PM, Michael StrÃder wrote:
> Emmanuel Lecharny wrote:
> > What kind of deficiencies have you found that make the original PSearch spec
> > unusable ?
> psearch is completely state-less. If a connector using it does not work it
> will miss deletes. Also restarting the connector will return *all* entries as
> results in a first phase. Your connector will not know when this first phase
> ends until it reaches the first result with ECN control attached.

Thanks. Yeah, but it's much more a lack of features than deficiencies.

For instance, a client requesting a PSearch may expect to receive 
everything again, in order to load a local storage.

But yes, PSearch could be greatly improved. And the syncrepl mechanism 
could be a good starting point for a better PSearch...

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Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel LÃcharny
www.iktek.com