RFC 2891 (rfc2891) - Page 1 of 8
LDAP Control Extension for Server Side Sorting of Search Results
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Network Working Group T. Howes
Request for Comments: 2891 Loudcloud
Category: Standards Track M. Wahl
Sun Microsystems
A. Anantha
Microsoft
August 2000
LDAP Control Extension for Server Side Sorting of Search Results
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document describes two LDAPv3 control extensions for server side
sorting of search results. These controls allows a client to specify
the attribute types and matching rules a server should use when
returning the results to an LDAP search request. The controls may be
useful when the LDAP client has limited functionality or for some
other reason cannot sort the results but still needs them sorted.
Other permissible controls on search operations are not defined in
this extension.
The sort controls allow a server to return a result code for the
sorting of the results that is independent of the result code
returned for the search operation.
The key words "MUST", "SHOULD", and "MAY" used in this document are
to be interpreted as described in [bradner97].
Howes, et al. Standards Track