On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Ziba Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > till wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Michael Baierl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> No, it's easier and less expensive to pull it once and so to speak >> "cache" them in the source code/clientside and perform the >> auto-complete without a server request. Otherwise it will be slower >> and more expensive as you hit the database or your LDAP directory for >> every key-event. >> >> > I agree that populating the contacts upfront can be faster and less > expensive for many or maybe most installations. However, it isn't > really an option for very large LDAP directories. Some directories > simply will not return a full listing of all users.
Point well taken. :-) > In our environment, we have modified the autocomplete to do an ajax > request because we wanted to provide our users with a list of their > personal contacts combined with contacts pulled from a very large ldap > system. We have plenty of extra LDAP server muscle, so repeated queries > aren't a concern (and we're doing caching in php as a part of our patch). Do you want to provide your patch? Till _______________________________________________ List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/
