Tickets :: Comment on [#2901] International searches (multiple results)

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Comment	>> This should already work if you specify the LDAP server's charset in > >> the configuration and use search strings that are compatible to the > >> used charset. > > > > > > It's not the same. One thing is the charset you use. I'm using utf-8 > and have turba configured that way, and it's working fine. But look > at the following scenario: > > > > I have an spanish directory with all the following entries: > > > > cn: Sánchez > > > > cn: Sanchez > > > > cn: Sanchéz > > > > > > When I look for (cn=Sanchez) I want all of them to be returned since > that is the way addressbook usually work (ie: ignore accents). But > it's not working that way. Cause when you seach (cn=Sanchez) it only > returns the Sanchez entry (not Sánchez nor Sanchéz). > > > > The openldap server (slapd) has an special operator that can match > all those three entries when you look for "Sanchez". It's called the > approximate operator and it's used like this: instead of searching > for: > > > > (cn=sanchez) ---> returns only Sanchez > > > > you search for: > > > > (cn~=sanchez) ---> returns Sanchez, Sánchez and Sanchéz > > > > Note the ~= operator and the lack of "*" in the approximate search. > > > > > > And that's it. The problem is that, since this is not a special match rule > > (that would be the ideal solution but there's no standard for it yet) > you must implement it in the client side and that's what I said it > would be great to have in turba. > > > > Look at my quick-dirty patch to see how I fixed the problem. > > > > Adding this functionality to turba will involve allowing to configure > in some way the "operator" you want to use for searches, and that > should be done in the sources.php file, I think. > > > >
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