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List:       openldap-technical
Subject:    Re: Most efficient way to update multivalued attributes
From:       Howard Chu <hyc () symas ! com>
Date:       2023-12-20 16:29:31
Message-ID: 49ff4846-ade9-9529-1cbc-cfe01f51e938 () symas ! com
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Frédéric Goudal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I have to update records with mutlivalued attributes, and I wonder what is the best \
> (fastest, or lighter for the server) to do : 
> - either just set the value with the new list
> 
> - or calculate which values to add and which to delete and than do the add and \
> remove operations. 
> And to be a bit more precise, if we have a big number of values is one of the two  \
> way best ?

You should profile it yourself and see.

Generally, you should only change what needs to be changed, so setting the entire \
value to a new list is the worst choice.


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