Re: [EXIM] Are partial-ldap queries allowed?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: James FitzGibbon
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Are partial-ldap queries allowed?
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, James FitzGibbon wrote:

> Well, Philip has said that it's been added to the Wishlist, so your task may
> become much easier with a future release.


It is not an easy change to make. The partial- stuff for single-key
lookups can be done at a low level in the lookup code, just before it
calls the lookup module, because it knows it has been passed a key, and
can munge around with it. By contrast, doing what is wanted here for
query-style lookups requires re-expansion of the query each time, with a
munged value of $key. That happens at a higher level, in several
different places in fact. So don't hold your breath.


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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.



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