Re: Various error codes: (was: Add AUXILIARY object class to inetOrgPerson entry)

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From: Dmitri Gavrilov [MSFT] (dmitrig_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:48:10 -0700

There are some legal implications of using English strings -- sometimes,
they *have* to be localized, or we won't be able to sell the product at all.
I don't know the details though. So, our next best option is to use
universal language of numbers :)

Yes, you can turn on logging on the DC by adjusting values in
HKLM\System\CCS\Services\NTDS\Diagnostics. There is info in KB on doing
this. 

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Dmitri Gavrilov
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"Michael Ströder" <michael@stroeder.com> wrote in message
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> Dmitri Gavrilov [MSFT] wrote:
> > Well, the set of ldap error codes is very limited. We can not introduce
new
> > ones because it will break existing apps.
>
> Yes. But please use them as fine-grained as possible. Please...
>
> With my own http://www.web2ldap.de I'm trying hard to catch specific LDAP
> errors providing appropriate interaction with the user in case of
> something's going wrong.
>
> > Often, we provide a secondary
> > error code (from winerror.h) as the first hex number of the server error
> > string. "Data" field sometimes contains another error code, and
sometimes an
> > attribute or class id.
>
> I see.
>
> > The problem with returning string errors is that they need to be
localized,
> > and this is quite costly.
>
> Well, IMHO it's more helpful to see an english text instead of solely an
> undocumented numeric code.
>
> This leads to another question:
> Can I turn on a more verbose debug logging in W2K3 Server's Active
Directory?
>
> > With DSIDs -- try searching the KB with the dsid value. If you are
hitting a
> > common error, then there will be a KB article about it.
>
> I used Google with the DSID. I wasn't even sure DSID is kind of an error
code.
>
> > If you got a rare
> > error, you are better off asking here anyway.
>
> Ok. Thanks.
>
> Ciao, Michael.

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