[Fedora-directory-users] Paged Results support?

[Ben]

Rich Megginson wrote:
> Ben wrote:
>> Rich Megginson wrote:
>>> Ben wrote:
>>>> Rich Megginson wrote:
>>>>> Ben wrote:
>>>>>> Does FDS support Paged Results?
>>>>> Fedora DS does not support the LDAPv3 Paged Results feature.  
>>>>> Fedora DS does support VLV (Virtual List View) which can be used 
>>>>> to page through many entries.  This is what the console refers to 
>>>>> as a "Browsing Index".
>>>> Thanks for the info.
>>>>
>>>> OK, so how would i go about using VLV in 'perl' and 'php'?
>>> You can use Net::LDAP to create and parse the VLV controls using the 
>>> Convert::ASN1 package.  Not sure about php.
>> There is a "Net::LDAP::Control::VLV" perl module.  i have not been 
>> able to get it work.  Is there some preparation that needs to be done 
>> on the FDS server to allow/support it?
> Yes.  Check the documentation.  Not sure where it is documented 
> though.  You have to configure it then use the db_index command to 
> create the index.
>>>> And how does that affect 'nss_ldap' with "nss_paged_results yes" 
>>>> and "pagesize 1000" set?
>>> If the paged results control is not marked critical, fedora ds will 
>>> ignore it.  So it will have no effect.
>> I assume you mean in bugzilla?
> ? bugzilla ?

Sorry i thought you were referring to getting paged support added to 
FDS, what do you mean "If the paged results control is not marked 
critical, fedora ds will ignore it." with reference to 'nss_ldap'?

Ben