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[Scott Koranda <>]

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Chris Hyzer 
<>
 wrote:
> So, you configure your attributes based on columns.  Some of the attributes 
> need to be used as "identifiers" in the findByIdentifier queries.  e.g. 
> your netId, or eppn would be identifiers.  Generally everything except the 
> opaque ID.  So you comma separate those attributes which are identifiers in 
> the value of the XML element.  ok?  :)

Got it. Thanks.

So in the example sources.xml should 'LOGINID' really be 'loginid' to
be consistent, or is it case insensitive?

Thanks,

Scott

>
> thanks,
> chris
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:28 PM
> To: grouper-users
> Subject: [grouper-users] identifierAttributes in sources.xml
>
> Hi,
>
> I have in the past used the JNDI source to obtain subjects
> from an LDAP directory.
>
> Now I want to configure a JDBC source to obtain subjects from
> a relational database.
>
> I am confused about the role of 'identifierAttributes'. In the
> default sources.xml for 2.1.0 I see this:
>
>  <!-- comma separate the identifiers for this row, this is for
> the findByIdentifiers if using an in clause -->
>      <init-param>
>        <param-name>identifierAttributes</param-name>
>        <param-value>LOGINID</param-value>
>      </init-param>
>
> What precisely does that comment mean?
>
> How is LOGINID used?
>
> I cannot find LOGINID used anywhere else in that file. Is that
> a typo and it should not have been capitalized?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott