Re: What can be the maximum size of a LDAP Name?

Chris Ridd <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:35:56 +0000

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On 16 Mar 2009, at 14:05, raga wrote:

> I've to store LDAP Name in a database Column. What should be the
> minimum size of that column . And is there any rationale for that?.
> The Format of LDAP Name  is like that of e-mail id.

The mail attribute is defined in RFC 2798 as having a minimum upper  
bound of 256 characters. In other words your database field needs to  
be *at least* 256 characters wide. That definition appears to have  
been taken from RFC 1274.

You will need to do some archeology to figure out why 256 was felt to  
be a good minimum upper bound... I suspect the authors of those RFCs  
no longer remember :-)

Cheers,

Chris