diff -up evolution-data-server-2.23.4/addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c.fix-ldap-query evolution-data-server-2.23.4/addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c

--- evolution-data-server-2.23.4/addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c.fix-ldap-query	2008-06-15 23:18:08.000000000 -0400

+++ evolution-data-server-2.23.4/addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c	2008-06-16 10:34:29.000000000 -0400

@@ -3417,22 +3417,28 @@ func_and(struct _ESExp *f, gint argc, str

 	gchar ** strings;

 	if (argc > 0) {

-		gint i;

+		gint i, empty;

 		strings = g_new0(gchar *, argc+3);

 		strings[0] = g_strdup ("(&";;

 		strings[argc+3 - 2] = g_strdup (")");

+		empty = 0;

 		for (i = 0; i < argc; i ++) {

 			GList *list_head = ldap_data->list;

 			if (!list_head)

 				break;

+			if (strlen (list_head->data) == 0)

+				empty++;

 			strings[argc - i] = list_head->data;

 			ldap_data->list = g_list_remove_link(list_head, list_head);

 			g_list_free_1(list_head);

 		}

-		ldap_data->list = g_list_prepend(ldap_data->list, g_strjoinv(" ", strings));

+		if (empty == argc)

+			ldap_data->list = g_list_prepend(ldap_data->list, g_strdup(" "));

+		else

+			ldap_data->list = g_list_prepend(ldap_data->list, g_strjoinv(" ", strings));

 		for (i = 0; i < argc + 2; i ++)

 			g_free (strings[i]);

@@ -3454,22 +3460,28 @@ func_or(struct _ESExp *f, gint argc, stru

 	gchar ** strings;

 	if (argc > 0) {

-		gint i;

+		gint i, empty;

 		strings = g_new0(gchar *, argc+3);

 		strings[0] = g_strdup ("(|");

 		strings[argc+3 - 2] = g_strdup (")");

+		empty = 0;

 		for (i = 0; i < argc; i ++) {

 			GList *list_head = ldap_data->list;

 			if (!list_head)

 				break;

+			if (strlen (list_head->data) == 0)

+				empty++;

 			strings[argc - i] = list_head->data;

 			ldap_data->list = g_list_remove_link(list_head, list_head);

 			g_list_free_1(list_head);

 		}

-		ldap_data->list = g_list_prepend(ldap_data->list, g_strjoinv(" ", strings));

+		if (empty == argc)

+			ldap_data->list = g_list_prepend(ldap_data->list, g_strdup(" "));

+		else

+			ldap_data->list = g_list_prepend(ldap_data->list, g_strjoinv(" ", strings));

 		for (i = 0; i < argc + 2; i ++)

 			g_free (strings[i]);

@@ -3622,6 +3634,7 @@ func_beginswith(struct _ESExp *f, int ar

 		if (strlen (str) == 0) {

 			g_free (str);

+			ldap_data->list = g_list_prepend (ldap_data->list, g_strdup (""));

 			r = e_sexp_result_new (f, ESEXP_RES_BOOL);

 			r->value.bool = FALSE;

 			return r;