Subject: LDAP Sort Control -- RFC 2891
Author: SteveHB
Posted on: 06/07/2007 12:43:20 PM
Request Control
This control is included in the searchRequest message as part of the
controls field of the LDAPMessage, as defined in Section 4.1.12 of
[LDAPv3].
The controlType is set to 1.2.840.113556.1.4.473. The criticality
MAY be either TRUE or FALSE (where absent is also equivalent to
FALSE) at the client's option. The controlValue is an OCTET STRING,
whose value is the BER encoding of a value of the following SEQUENCE:
SortKeyList ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {
attributeType AttributeDescription,
orderingRule [0] MatchingRuleId OPTIONAL,
reverseOrder [1] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE }
The SortKeyList sequence is in order of highest to lowest sort key
precedence.
The MatchingRuleId, as defined in section 4.1.9 of [LDAPv3], SHOULD
be one that is valid for the attribute type it applies to. If it is
not, the server will return
inappropriateMatching.
Each attributeType should only occur in the SortKeyList once. If an
attributeType is included in the sort key list multiple times, the
server should return an error in the sortResult of
unwillingToPerform.
If the orderingRule is omitted, the ordering MatchingRule defined for
use with this attribute MUST be used.
Any conformant implementation of this control MUST allow a sort key
list with at least one key.
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