Re: Large Searches

[David R. <d.r...@qu...>]

Graham,

Can you help me out here.  I am trying to retrieve a lot of entries that
causes the Perl-LDAP library to produce 'Out of memory!' and fall over. 
What is the best way to retrieve the entries?  Have you got some sample
code?

Thanks,

Dave.


Graham Barr wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:07:37AM +1000, David Richards wrote:
> > printf( "Searching...\n" );
> > $count = 0;
> > $res = $ldap->search( base => $LDAP_BASE, filter =>
> > "(objectclass=QUTmailPerson)",
> >                       attrs => ['uid', 'mailUID', 'QUTmailbox',
> > 'mailboxQuota', 'cn' ],
> >                       callback => &LDAP_callback() );
> 
> That needs to be   \&LDAP_callback
> 
> In its current form you are calling the function and passing its results
> to ->search() which is NOT what you want.
> 
> Graham.

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