Re: ldap vs mysql

2000-11-26 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Corisen wrote: >hi, i'm designing an web-based registration. there will be a drop down list >on this web-based form to select the user's department. i've thought of 2 >ways of dynamically populating the department drop-down list: > >1. design the ldap name space to contain dep

Re: ldap vs mysql

2000-11-26 Thread Thornton Prime
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Corisen wrote: > I'm most probably be using PHP to perform all LDAP administration. I'd like to make one comment: PHP is a great web scripting language, but I find it awkward as a system administration language. You will be able to perform almost all operations using PHP, b

Re: ldap vs mysql

2000-11-25 Thread Corisen
t;---repeated Actually, I'm trying to get only 1 value for each department: o=department1 o=department2 Any idea if it's possible using command line tool or using PHP? Once again, thank you so much for your help :) - Original Message - From: Thornton Prime <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ldap vs mysql

2000-11-25 Thread Thornton Prime
> for each department, there will be a parent node with dn: o=depertment1, > dc=mycompany, dc=com. > under this node, there will be many child entries with: > dn: uid=username1, o=department1, dc=mycompany, dc=com > objectclass : > o: department1 > ..(other attributes/values) > > so if i

Re: ldap vs mysql

2000-11-25 Thread Corisen
hi thornton, thanks for your advice and sharing with me your experiences. may i just ask you a few more questions below pls. - Original Message - From: Thornton Prime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 3:06 AM Subject: Re: ldap vs my

Re: ldap vs mysql

2000-11-25 Thread Thornton Prime
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Corisen wrote: > my worries about method 1 is as follows: > 1. if the department changes name, how can i update the dn of all the users > under this department tree? Direcories are heirachical. The DN is the directory address of an entry. You don't need to rename all the ch