RFC 2891 (rfc2891) - Page 1 of 8

LDAP Control Extension for Server Side Sorting of Search Results

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].











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