To sort data in an LDAP server, you need to use an LDAP search with a sorting option.
1. First, connect to the LDAP server using your preferred programming language or LDAP client.
2. Construct an LDAP search query using the Search Request format. Specify the base DN where you want to start the search and the filter conditions that match the data you want to retrieve.
3. Add an attribute type to sort the search results. Use the ordering rule OID for the attribute type to define the sorting order. For example, to sort the results by the “cn” attribute in ascending order, use the attribute type “cn;orderingMatch”.
4. Specify the sorting order with the “order” parameter. Use “asc” for ascending order and “desc” for descending order.
5. Execute the search request and retrieve the sorted search results.
Here is an example search request to sort all users in an LDAP server by their “cn” attribute in ascending order:
```
(baseDN=“ou=users,o=mycompany,dc=com”, filter=”(objectClass=person)”, attributes=[“cn”], order=“asc”, sort=[“cn;orderingMatch”])
```
