<quote who="Kyle">
That's what I understand, but I've never seen it actually done successfully. I gave up on my last (feable) attempt in frustration. It was my impression that a thin layer of work (scripts, wrappers, examples, etc.) could be added on the backend of OpenLDAP that would make it very easy for someone like me to merely insert my SQL chunklets where needed and make the thing work. Or, maybe my problem is that I just have a mental-block when it comes to LDAP...- ldap to sql gateway
This would be an ldap server which would use an sql (or other arbitrary
backend) as its data store. This would allow contact information to be
stored in a relational database, but then be accessed by mozilla,
evolution, or any other similar frontend.
OpenLDAP already does this. It can use PostgreSQL, MySQL, BDB, and many other backends.
I'm not sure about the other items on the list, but itI have done some searching. It looks like evolution has some support for different backends. I haven't found anything on the other items.
might be a good idea to double-check that they don't already exist as
well.
Regardless, the devil is in the details. It is one thing for a feature to be theoretically possible. It is another thing to actually implement it and/or package it in a way that people can deploy with a reasonably low pain threshold.
I mean... Um... On second thought... I'll happily "add" that feature to
OpenLDAP for a small fee.. It will take me, oh, about 300 hours... I can
deliver the finished product tomorrow. ;)
Hey, go for it! Seriously, if you're interested, contact me off-list.
Kyle
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