Delete Modification-type

Overview[1]#

Delete Modification-type is a LDAP ModifyRequest Operations within an Modify Request

If the Modify Request is a Delete Modification-type and there is an attribute description without any values, then all values for the specified attribute will be removed from the entry.

Under normal circumstances, a Modify Request that is a Delete Modification-type cannot be used with the Delete Modification-type to remove an attribute that does not already exist.
NOTE: the Replace Modification-type can be used to accomplish this.

If the Modify Request is a Delete Modification-type and there is an Attribute Type Description with one or more values, then only the specified values will be removed from the entry.

LDIF Example#

The Delete Modification-type ChangeType is used to delete values from a LDAP TargetDN and is used the same as the Modify Request.

A Delete Modification-type change record requires two items:

The following example deletes the jdoe@novell.com value from the mail attribute. If the attribute does not contain the specified value, the operation fails.

However, if the purpose was to ensure that the specified value did not exist in the attribute, the operation succeeds in achieving the desired result. 

version: 1
dn: cn=johndoe, ou=provo, ou=users, o=novell
changetype: modify
delete: mail
mail: jdoe@novell.com

The following example deletes all values of the mail attribute. If the attribute does not exist, the operation fails.

However, if the purpose was to ensure that the attribute has no values, the operation succeeds in achieving this result. 

version: 1

dn: cn=johndoe, ou=provo, ou=users, o=novell
changetype: modify
delete: mail

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