Re: Can't locate object method "code"

[Robert C. <rob...@su...>]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:37:20AM +0100, Graham Barr wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 12:03:22AM -0700, Robert Chien wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I'm putting together some code and learning perl-ldap for
> > the first time. I've run into a deadend and hope some of you
> > may provide some insight here.
> > 
> > What I'm trying to do is quite simple, just adding an entry
> > to a LDAP server. 
> > 
> >     $ldap->bind ( dn       => "cn=something",
> >                   password => "somepasswd" );
> >     $result = Net::LDAP::Entry->new;
> >     $result->add (
> >         dn   => 'uid=$username,$base',
> >         attr => [ 'objectclass' => [ 'top', 'person',
> >                                      'organizationalPerson',
> >                                      'inetOrgPerson',
> >                                      'inetUser' ],
> >                   'mail'                => '$mail',
> >                   'userPassword'        => ''
> >                 ]
> >               );
> >     $result->update( $ldap );
> 
> Here is your problem.
> 
>       $mesg = $result->update( $ldap );
> 
>       $mesg->code && warn "failed to add entry: ", $mesg->error;

Thanks. After changing the script per your suggestion, I
get:

failed to add entry: objectName at
/usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Convert/ASN1/_encode.pm line 47.

I have double-checked for typos, but couldn't find any.

Robert

> >     $result->code && warn "failed to add entry: ", $result->error;
> >     $ldap->unbind;
> > 
> > This is pretty much out of the perldoc, but when I try to
> 
> I hope not.
> 
> Graham.