241343 - LDAP Queries in addressbook returns inconsistent results only on Windows XP

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(MailNews Core :: LDAP Integration, defect)

Description

[tl.osf]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

LDAP server running SUN One Directory Server 5.2
Directory: ldap.tufts.edu
Base DN: dc=tufts, dc=edu

Mozilla 1.6 installed on base Windows XP SP1 system.
When searching using the addressbook and the above ldap directory, the results
returned are inconsistent.
e.g. search for 'alicea' sometimes will return 2 results sometimes one. 
Searches for other names also return inconsistent results. Checked server logs
and it reports that the correct results are being sent to client.  Client is not
displaying correct results. 

Problem only appears on Windows XP systems.  Can be reproduced consistently.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create directory and set to ldap.tufts.edu, Base DN: dc=tufts, dc=edu
2. Open the Mozilla addressbook, select this directory.
3. In the search field search for 'alicea', Search 10 times
4. The results will sometimes be 2 and sometimes 1

Actual Results:  
Results will sometimes show 1 and sometimes 2. Inconsistent.

Expected Results:  
consistently return 2 results for search on 'alicea'

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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