{"id":2315,"date":"2011-02-01T04:08:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T08:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/01\/how-to-index-an-attribute-in-oid\/"},"modified":"2012-05-04T08:11:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T12:11:34","slug":"how-to-index-an-attribute-in-oid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/01\/how-to-index-an-attribute-in-oid\/","title":{"rendered":"How to index an attribute in OID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This could be easy task but I thought it would be useful for somebody. I had to index an attribute in Oracle Internet Directory for some other purpose.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, not all attributes are indexed in OID by default. You can search whether your attribute is indexed or not using Oracle Directory Manager.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/01\/how-to-index-an-attribute-in-oid\/attachment\/2316\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/index_attr_oid.GIF\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see the above screenshot to find a seperate column for Index and a checkbox representing whether the specific attribute is indexed or not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to configure index to an attribute:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a utility called <strong>catalog <\/strong>which is located in $OID_HOME\/ldap\/bin.\u00a0 Please note that it is not shell script or something.<\/p>\n<p>Suppose if I want to index the attribute userPassword, then execute the catalog script as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/catalog.GIF\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/01\/how-to-index-an-attribute-in-oid\/attachment\/2319\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/catalog.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The input parameters denote:<\/p>\n<p><strong>connect <\/strong>: database string used by OID to connect to the database, it is Oracle SID.<\/p>\n<p><strong>add: <\/strong>adding index<\/p>\n<p><strong>attribute: <\/strong>attribute name (to find this, see the Oracle Directory Manager for exact attribute name)<\/p>\n<p>Please also note that indexing will also lead to performance issues and hence don&#8217;t perform unless required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This could be easy task but I thought it would be useful for somebody. 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