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About Indexes
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Netscape Directory Server Administrator’s Guide • May 2002
About Index Types
Indexes are stored in files in the directory’s databases. The names of the files are
based on the indexed attribute, not the type of index contained in the file. Each
index file may contain multiple types of indexes if multiple indexes are maintained
for the specific attribute. For example, all indexes maintained for the common
name attribute are contained in the
cn.db3
file.
Directory Server supports the following types of index:
•
Presence index (pres)—The presence index contains a list of the entries that
contain a particular attribute. This index is useful if, for example, you want to
examine any entries that contain access control information. Generating an
aci.db3
file that includes a presence index lets you efficiently perform the
search for
ACI=*
to generate the Access Control List for the server.
The presence index is not used for base object searches.
•
Equality index (eq)—The equality index allows you to search efficiently for
entries containing a specific attribute value. For example, an equality index on
the
cn
attribute allows a user to perform the search for
cn=Babs Jensen
far
more efficiently.
•
Approximate index (approx)—The approximate index allows efficient
approximate or “sounds-like” searches. For example, an entry may include the
attribute value cn=Robert E Lee. An approximate search would return this
value for searches against cn~=Robert Lee, cn~=Robert, or cn~=Lee. Similarly,
a search against l~=San Fransisco (note the misspelling) would return entries
including l=San Francisco.
•
Substring index (sub)—The substring index is a costly index to maintain, but it
allows efficient searching against substrings within entries.
For example, searches of the form:
cn=*derson
would match the common names containing strings such as
Bill Anderson
Jill Anderson
Steve Sanderson
Similarly, the search for
telephonenumber= *555*
would return all the entries in your directory with telephone numbers that
contain
555
.
Summary of Contents for NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.02
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Page 74: ...Maintaining Referential Integrity 74 Netscape Directory Server Administrator s Guide May 2002 ...
Page 138: ...Using Referrals 138 Netscape Directory Server Administrator s Guide May 2002 ...
Page 432: ...Miscellaneous Tuning Tips 432 Netscape Directory Server Administrator s Guide May 2002 ...
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Page 468: ...PTA Plug In Syntax Examples 468 Netscape Directory Server Administrator s Guide May 2002 ...
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Page 528: ...Examples of LDAP URLs 528 Netscape Directory Server Administrator s Guide May 2002 ...