Re: How to add a value to a multivalued attribute

[Lars T. <la...@th...>]

I'm not quite clear on your problem. Using 'add' should just add another
value to the list, regardless of what is there already, and without touching
previous data. If you on the other hand mean 'replace', here's an earlier
discussions from this list:

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> The semantics of LDAP modify's 'replace' replaces all values of an
> attribute with a new set of values.
>
> If you want to remove just one value, use the modify 'delete' value
> option.
> You can use the 'delete' and 'add' options in the same modify operation
> to
> get an atomic update of a single value.
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An example:

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$ldap->modify( $dn,
   changes => [
     delete  => [ telephoneNumber => ['911']], # delete phone number 911
     add     => [ telephoneNumber => ['112']], # add phone number 112
   ]
 );
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/Lars

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lars Skjærlund" <la...@sp...>
To: <per...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:13 AM
Subject: How to add a value to a multivalued attribute


Hi list,

I cannot figure out how to add a new value to a multivalued attribute.

In my case, I want to add a couple of entries to an ACL (access control
list) in Novell NDS/eDir. Typically, there'll be a lot of other values
already, so I cannot (well, I do not want) to make a simple replace. I
think I've tried all the examples I've been able to find in the
documentation, but I only get a bunch of varying error messages as
result.

Does anyone have a code snippet that works?

Regards,
Lars

Lars Skjærlund, Network Consultant, Spinn International ApS
Bukkeballevej 30, 2960 Rungsted Kyst, Denmark
Tel.: +45 70 25 88 10, Fax: +45 70 25 88 44
Mail: la...@sp... Web: http://www.spinn.dk
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