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[Tom Zeller <>]

Probably something should be done to make the behavior clearer.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Gagné Sébastien
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> Please forget the previous e-mail, I think I messed up my test.
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> You CAN clear the attribute value if you set “replaceValues=”true”” and
> define an attribute with an empty value (e.g.
> scriptAttribute.getValues().add("")) . If replaceValues isn’t set to true
> you will get the “<errorMessage>'description' has no values.</errorMessage>”
> message since it tries to add an empty value (instead of replacing it)
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> Objet : [grouper-users] PSP sync, clearing an attribute value in ldap
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> Hi again,
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> I have another question (again) : how do you clear an attribute value in
> ldap ? My tests shows that if I define an attribute with an empty value I
> get the error “'{attribute name}' has no values.” (see below).
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> I’m using a script where if an attribute has value “Y” set a value in the
> attribute, otherwise set an empty value. This is an important use case in
> our distribution group integration since we want users to be able to
> mail-disable groups and that requires us to clear some ldap attributes
> (mail, mailNickname, proxyAdresses, etc.)
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> Is there a way to do that ?
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> I tried setting replaceValues=”true” but it didn’t work and there doesn’t
> seem that there’s any parameters to set that.
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> Thanks
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> Error message :
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> <psp:syncResponse xmlns:psp='http://grouper.internet2.edu/psp'
> status='failure' requestID='2013/02/22-15:43:02.039' error='customError'>
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>   <modifyResponse xmlns='urn:oasis:names:tc:SPML:2:0' status='failure'
> requestID='2013/02/22-15:43:02.279' error='customError'>
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>     <errorMessage>'description' has no values.</errorMessage>
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>   </modifyResponse>
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>   <errorMessage>'description' has no values.</errorMessage>
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>   <psp:id ID='acad:testGroup'/>
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> </psp:syncResponse>
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> Sébastien Gagné,     | Analyste en informatique
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> 514-343-6111 x33844  | Université de Montréal,
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>                      | Pavillon Roger-Gaudry, local X-100-11
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