RE: Net::LDAP::Filter question

[<Nor...@av...>]

Hi Peter,

> Hi,
>=20
> On Thursday 24 October 2002 14:51, Graham Barr wrote:
> > > I was just wondering if there was a method in Net::LDAP::Filter to
> > > do this, I take it the answer is no.  (Note, remember to=20
> convert the
> > > '\' first!)
> >
> > There is no method to do the escaping, but one might be=20
> useful to add.
>=20
> I was having the same problem a few moths ago, so I wrote
> a module for my private use and use in my company.
>=20
> It provides 4 functions
> * quoteFilterValue(@)
> * unquoteFilterValue(@)
> * quoteDNValue(@)
> * unquoteDNValue(@)
>=20
> The functions with weilter in their names operate on strings
> that are going to be pattern parts of LDAP filters,=20
> while the functions with DN in their name operate
> on strings that are to become RDN values.

These functions for DNs are already part of Net::LDAP::Utils. E.g. =
canonical_dn can be used to construct a correctly encoded DN from RDN =
values.

Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen / Best Regards

Norbert Klasen
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