On 16 Mar 2009, at 14:05, raga wrote:
I've to store LDAP Name in a database Column. What should be the minimum size of that column . And is there any rationale for that?. The Format of LDAP Name is like that of e-mail id.
The mail attribute is defined in RFC 2798 as having a minimum upper bound of 256 characters. In other words your database field needs to be *at least* 256 characters wide. That definition appears to have been taken from RFC 1274.
You will need to do some archeology to figure out why 256 was felt to be a good minimum upper bound... I suspect the authors of those RFCs no longer remember :-)
Cheers, Chris
