Hello, I'm sorry, but I want to ask again for clarifying.
First question: - An index slot is loosing precision if the search result for an (indexed) attribute is larger than 2^16. Then the search time is going to increase a lot. - I can change this via BDB_IDL_LOGN. - But if I have a directory, that holds 200.000 employees with '(ObjectClass=Employees)', the result is larger than 2^16 and it is slow. - lets say, the employees are distributed over 4 continents and the DIT is structured geographical eg.: o=myOrg, c=us (100,000 employees) o=myOrg, c=gb ( 30,000 employees) o=myOrg, c=de ( 25,000 employees) o=myOrg, c=br ( 45,000 employees) Can i prevent it this problem with index slot size, if I change the search base to "o=myOrg, c=gb", because there are only 30,000 employees. This takes me to the second question: "How is a search filter evaluated?" Lets say, I combine three filter via "and" like '(&(objectlass=Employees)(age=30)(sex=m))' and the all attributes are indexed. Each filter results: (objectlass=Employees) => 200,000 entries (age=30) => 10,000 entries (sex=m) => 3,000 entries Does the order matter regarding speed, is it better to form the filter like this? '(&(sex=m)(age=30)(objectlass=Employees))' Thanks Meike