CA Directory r12.0 SP2 - DXDUMPDB now sorts the output in alphabetical (and left to right) order before writing to LDIF.

Products

• CA Directory
• CA Security Command Center
• CA Data Protection (DataMinder)
• CA User Activity Reporting

Issue/Introduction

Description:

In previous versions of CA Directory, dxdumpdb did not sort the entries prior to writing the entries out to LDIF file. This meant that any LDIF produced by dxdumpdb needed to be sorted using the ldifsort utility. In r12.0 SP2, dxdumpdb now sorts the data prior to writing the entries to LDIF. This means that you no longer have to use ldifsort.

Solution:

In CA Directory r8.1, dxdumpdb did not guarantee the order in which entries were written to the LDIF output file. This required you to process the LDIF output file using ldifsort, in order to create a sorted LDIF file. Example:

Sample output produced using an r8.1 DXdumpdb utility

dn: o=democorp,c=au
oc: organization
o: Democorp  

dn: ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
oc: organizationalUnit
ou: users  

dn: cn=Chris Hanlen,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
oc: inetOrgPerson
sn: Hanlen
cn: Chris Hanlen  

dn: cn=Dharmesh Willing,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
oc: inetOrgPerson
sn: Willing
cn: Dharmesh Willing  

dn: cn=Tommy Patel,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
oc: inetOrgPerson
sn: Patel
cn: Tommy Patel  

dn: cn=James Reilly,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
oc: inetOrgPerson
sn: Reilly
cn: James Reilly  

dn: cn=Trevor Penrose,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
oc: inetOrgPerson
sn: Penrose
cn: Trevor Penrose  

dn: cn=Jeb Horsfall,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
oc: inetOrgPerson
sn: Horsfall
cn: Jeb Horsfall  

Note how the entries beneath "ou=Users,o=Democorp,c=au" are not sorted by their RDN values.

The same data, but this time output using the r12.0 SP2 DXdumpdb utility

version: 1  

dn: o=democorp,c=au
objectClass: organization
o: Democorp  

dn: ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: users  

dn: cn=Chris Hanlen,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
cn: Chris Hanlen
sn: Hanlen  

dn: cn=Dharmesh Willing,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
cn: Dharmesh Willing
sn: Willing  

dn: cn=James Reilly,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
cn: James Reilly
sn: Reilly  

dn: cn=Jeb Horsfall,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
cn: Jeb Horsfall
sn: Horsfall  

dn: cn=Tommy Patel,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
cn: Tommy Patel
sn: Patel  

dn: cn=Trevor Penrose,ou=users,o=democorp,c=au
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
cn: Trevor Penrose
sn: Penrose  

As you can see from the above LDIF, the entries beneath "ou=Users,o=Democorp,c=au" are sorted by their RDN attribute (cn).

Environment

Release:
Component: ETRDIR