[Fwd] perl-ldap. How to find out if LDAP connection already exists

[Graham B. <gb...@po...>]

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From: ati...@4u...
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:16:07 +0100
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Subject: perl-ldap. How to find out if LDAP connection already exists

Hi Graham.

How is life.

I have been using your module in my projects.
Recently I started using it with mod_perl

I havent figured out how to find out of the connection to LDAP exists.
I dont want to make a connection each time.

my connect sub looks something like this.

sub connect {
	if ($LDAP) {
	 return}
	} else {
	   $LDAP=Net::LDAP->new($self->{'host'});
	   try($LDAP->bind(dn => $self->{'user'}, password =>
$self->{'pass'}));        
	}
}

This doesnt catch the exception that the connection is closed from the
server.
How may I test if the connection exists or not?

thanks for your help.



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