Chris Ridd <chrisr...@mac.com> writes: > 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.
There is no such definition in RFC 2798. This RFC only refers to attribute type mail as a MAY clause in inetorgPerson object class. > 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 :-) The attribute type rfc822-mailbox is described in RFC 1274 and the length is defined in section 9.5 'Upper bounds of length of attribute values': ub-rfc822-mailbox INTEGER ::= 256 -Dieter -- Dieter Klünter | Systemberatung http://www.dpunkt.de/buecher/2104.html sip: +49.180.1555.7770535 GPG Key ID:8EF7B6C6 53°08'09,95"N 10°08'02,42"E
