Re: ldapsearch question.

[Chris R. <chr...@ma...>]

On 6/12/02 8:18 am, Eric Santonacci <Eri...@ta...> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> I'm quite new with Net::LDAP module and I have a question about
> ldapsearch.
> 
> I have the following perl code:
> 
> 
> $mesg = $ldap->search (  # perform a search
>                       base   => "ou=people, o=test, c=net",
>                       filter => "uid=$uid"
>                      );
> 
> 
> When the $uid is in LDAP database everything is fine, if $uid is not in
> LDAP, $mesg->code returns 0 (means "success"). But it couldn't find any
> answer. Is that a normal answer for LDAP? I expected to have an answer
> like "Not Found". Currently, I need to check $entry->get_value to see if
> I have an error or not to ensure ldapsearch found or not a record.

That's correct - searches can succeed but return no results.

You can call $mesg->count() to find out how many results you got back - see
the Net::LDAP::Search man page.

Cheers,

Chris