Re: searching dynamic values

On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 09:16:12PM +0000, Howard Chu wrote:
> Sounds like you're doing this backwards, I would've stored all the elementary attributes
> and dynamically created the composite attribute from them.

The composite attribute holds the relation between its components.
A student could be enrolled in two degrees with differend ending
dates. In such a case, it is not possible to construct the two
composite attributes from the elementary attributes. You do not
know what date is for what degree.

> Do entries get created with both the composite and elementary attributes present?
> Are modifications done to the composite, or to the elementary attributes?

No, all elementay attributes are derivated from composite attributes.
Only the composite attribute are edited.

slapo-supann enforces the rule, returning LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM on 
elementary attribute modifications.

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
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