On 26/4/04 3:11 pm, Christopher A Bongaarts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the immortal words of Chris Ridd: > >>> A second question is about the "modify/replace" operation. Is it safe to >>> use this operation instead of "modify/add" in case I don't care about the >>> previously stored values, or do I have to be sure the atribute actually >>> exists before modifying it? >> >> As long as you are binding with LDAPv3, you can issue a modify/replace on a >> non-existent attribute and (as long as you don't violate schema or access >> controls etc) it will succeed. > > ...unless you are using Active Directory, in which case attempting to > replace non-existent attributes will fail. Oho, it must only be an LDAPv2 server :-)) Cheers, Chris
