2.2.3 LDAP Paged Search Control

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The LDAP paged search control, with object identifier (OID) (3) 1.2.840.113556.1.4.319, is used with an LDAP Search operation to permit clients to perform searches that return more objects than a server-defined limit, by splitting the search into multiple searches.

This extension is defined in the Active Directory Technical Specification [MS-ADTS] section 3.1.1.3.4.1.1 ("LDAP_PAGED_RESULT_OID_STRING") for AD DS, and is documented in [RFC2696].

A directory server implementing extension bundle B MUST implement the LDAP paged search control.

[RFC2696] section 3 permits a directory server to set the value of the "size" protocol element in a search result done message to "0" if the total size cannot be provided. A directory server MAY set the value of the "size" protocol element to "0".