LDAP Search "Not Present" Filter Does Not Work with Site Server Membership Directory

ID: Q252178

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Site Server version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

The LDAP "Presence" operator allows LDAP search operations to select entries containing a specified attribute. For instance, the LDAP filter "(mail=*)" can be used to retrieve all members with a mail attribute defined. However, applying the "Not" bolean operator to this "Presence Filter" does not work when you use a SQL Server based Site Server Membership Directory database. The filter "!(mail=*)" returns all entries with the mail attribute PRESENT instead of showing all objects with the mail attribute NOT PRESENT.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Site Server service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date      Time  Version     Size    File name     Platform
   -------------------------------------------------------------
01/05/00  08:16p   7.01284.0   343,312 Dscomobj.dll     alpha
01/05/00  08:16p   7.01284.0   130,320 Ladmin.dll       alpha
01/05/00  08:15p   7.01284.0   119,056 Ldapdb.dll       alpha
01/05/00  08:15p   7.01284.0   494,352 Storedb.dll      alpha
01/05/00  08:17p   7.01284.0   210,592 Dscomobj.dll     x86
01/05/00  08:16p   7.01284.0    76,752 Ladmin.dll       x86
01/05/00  08:16p   7.01284.0    81,632 Ldapdb.dll       x86
01/05/00  08:17p   7.01284.0   282,688 Storedb.dll      x86

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Site Server 3.0.

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug