[Fedora-directory-users] VLV search filter granularity

[David Boreham]

George Holbert wrote:

> If I set up a VLV index with a simple filter like this:
>
> vlvFilter: (objectClass=posixAccount)
>
>
> ...then will the VLV mechanism benefit searches that use a superset of 
> this filter?
> e.g., if a ldapsearch is run with a filter like:
>
> (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(location=California))
>
> ...will the vlv index help, even though the search also has a location 
> specified in the filter?

Nope.

> OR, must I create separate vlv indexes with every possible search 
> filter combination?

Yes, and sort keys. I think there might be an optimization for
forward and reverse sorting in there, not sure though : I'd need to read the
code to be certain.