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Searching an Internationalized Directory
For a list of locales supported by the directory server and their associated OIDs, see
Table D-1 on page 529. For a list of relational operators and their equivalent
suffixes, see Table B-3 on page 517.
Using a Language Tag and Suffix for the Matching Rule
As an alternative to using a relational operator-value pair, you can append a suffix
that represents a specific operator to the language tag in the matching rule portion
of the filter. Combine the language tag and suffix as follows:
attr:language-tag+suffix:=value
For example, to search for all surnames that come at or after
French collation order, use the following filter:
sn:fr.4:=La Salle
For a list of locales supported by the directory server and their associated language
tags, see Table D-1 on page 529. For a list of relational operators and their
equivalent suffixes, see Table B-3 on page 517.
Using Wildcards in Matching Rule Filters
When performing a substring search using a matching rule filter, you can use the
asterisk (*) character as a wildcard to represent zero or more characters.
For example, to search for an attribute value that starts with the letter
with the letter
Similarly, to search for all attribute values beginning with the letter
enter a value of
To search for a value that contains the asterisk (*) character, you must escape the *
with the designated escape sequence, \5c2a. For example, to search for all
employees with
line
Example\2a*Net product line
Supported Search Types
The directory server supports the following types of international searches:
•
equality (=)
•
substring (*)
•
greater than (>)
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, you would enter a
n
in the value portion of the search filter.
u*
businessCategory
, enter the following value in the search filter:
in the value portion of the search filter.
l*n
attribute values of
Example*Net product
in the
La Salle
and ends
l
, you would
u
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