Searching the Directory
120 Netscape Directory Server Gateway Customization Guide
To perform a standard search:
1. Select the Standard Search tab. The Standard Search form appears.
2. Enter the value to find in the Search for field. This field is not case sensitive.
Any of the following values can be entered:
• A name or part of a name
• a person’s initials
• some or all of a phone number
• some or all of an email address
• an LDAP search filter
3. Click Submit. The form data is submitted to the directory server and the
directory server searches for any entries that match exactly, match partially,
or sound like the value supplied. Resulting matches are displayed in the
search results table.
Name Search Functionality
When the search string specifies characters other than numbers or does not
contain an at (@) symbol, the standard search attempts to find full names, first
names, or last names that match exactly, match partially, or sound like the
supplied value.
For example, specifying the string “son” could return:
• Gary Stevenson
•Sun Ra
• Sonny Jergensen
Name and Initial Search Functionality
When the search string specifies the following items in the following order, the
standard search executes a search for a first initial followed by a last name:
• a single letter
