[Fedora-directory-users] Case Sensitive Lookup and Searching

[Rich Megginson]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> Rich Megginson wrote:
>> Michael Ströder wrote:
>>> Rich Megginson wrote:
>>>> Michael Ströder wrote:
>>>>> I really wonder whether default matching rules are applied for 
>>>>> certain LDAP syntaxes and how to find out which these are.
>>>>>
>>>> If there is no matching rule, it just goes by the most appropriate 
>>>> internal matching rule that corresponds to the SYNTAX.
>>>
>>> Any description how the "most appropriate internal matching rule" is 
>>> chosen?
>> No, not really, afaik.  I suppose it attempts to use "common sense" 
>> e.g. if the syntax is for case sensitive string, it uses a matching 
>> rule for case sensitive string comparison, and uses indexers for case 
>> sensitive strings.
>
> And how to determine whether a syntax is used for case sensitive 
> strings? That's exactly the problem of the original poster I guess.
I think IA5String is case sensitive, and Directory String is case 
insensitive.
>
>>> Is the list of matching rules in the subschema subentry complete?
>> Complete as in "implements every matching rule defined in every LDAP 
>> RFC" - no.
>
> Complete in the sense: The subschema subentry lists all the matching 
> rules which are implemented, no more, no less.
Not sure.
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>
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