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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:18:32 -0500

Please publish the attached document as an individual submission

(See attached file: IETF float mapping.txt)

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From: [email-masked] (Rob Weltman)
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:34:30 -0800

Why not just define a new syntax instead and let the server handle the collation?

Rob

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From: [email-masked] (Mark C Smith)
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:39:40 -0500

> > (See attached file: IETF float mapping.txt)

I agree with Rob.  Even if your proposal is deemed useful as a short
term solution, I think you should pursue the correct long term solution
as well and define a real LDAPv3 syntax for floating point numbers.  The
definition should be quite simple.

-- 
Mark Smith
iPlanet Directory Architect / Sun-Netscape Alliance
My words are my own, not my employer's.   Got LDAP?