Is LDAP able to do full-text search?
Are there any implementations that keep a full-text search index and use it as some kind of query?
Should I use other protocol than LDAP if I want to do proper full-text search queries?
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Is LDAP able to do full-text search?
Are there any implementations that keep a full-text search index and use it as some kind of query?
Should I use other protocol than LDAP if I want to do proper full-text search queries?
LDAP doesn’t have any fulltext search, as far as I know – it’s not designed for that.
However, depending on your needs, maybe the Ambiguous Name Resolution (ANR) could help. Read all about it (for Windows 2000 LDAP) here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243299
What it does is to allow you to define a part of your LDAP filter to be
(anr=SomeName)and this “anr” value will be searched in the following attributes:So while it’s not strictly a fulltext search, you do get some of the benefits.