perl-ldap-dev

$entry->update with utf8 strings

[HP D. <hin...@gm...>]

hi all

i've got some problems here with perl-ldap and utf8 strings. if i'm calling update on an Net::LDAP::Entry object with some attributes as utf8 strings, the servers complains about an invalid syntax.

but a
$ldap->modify($entry, changes => [ replace => [ attribute => $string ] ] );
(where $string is the utf8 encoded string)
works as expected. 

as i can see from the sources of LDAP::Entry, the update method does quite the same.

so does anybody know, what i'm doing wrong here?

thans, hp

Re: $entry->update with utf8 strings

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

On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:32:00PM +0200, HP Doerr wrote:
> hi all
> 
> i've got some problems here with perl-ldap and utf8 strings. if i'm calling update on an Net::LDAP::Entry object with some attributes as utf8 strings, the servers complains about an invalid syntax.
> 
> but a
> $ldap->modify($entry, changes => [ replace => [ attribute => $string ] ] );
> (where $string is the utf8 encoded string)
> works as expected. 

What exactly do you mean by "attributes as utf8 strings" ?

What version of perl are you using ? Are you using 5.8 and passing a scalar
that you know perl has encoded as utf8 ?

I can imagine that may cause an issue, but I am not sure.

Graham.

> as i can see from the sources of LDAP::Entry, the update method does quite the same.
> 
> so does anybody know, what i'm doing wrong here?
> 
> thans, hp
> 
> 
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Re: $entry->update with utf8 strings

[HP D. <hp....@we...>]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:56:07 +0100
Graham Barr <gb...@po...> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:32:00PM +0200, HP Doerr wrote:
> > hi all
> > 
> > i've got some problems here with perl-ldap and utf8 strings. if i'm calling update on an Net::LDAP::Entry object with some attributes as utf8 strings, the servers complains about an invalid syntax.
> > 
> > but a
> > $ldap->modify($entry, changes => [ replace => [ attribute => $string ] ] );
> > (where $string is the utf8 encoded string)
> > works as expected. 
> 
> What exactly do you mean by "attributes as utf8 strings" ?

hi

i used the Unicode::MapUTF8 to convert some strings to utf8, and used this utf8 strings as values for some LDAP attributes. as far as i can see, the schema allows utf8 in those attributes.

> What version of perl are you using ? Are you using 5.8 and passing a scalar
> that you know perl has encoded as utf8 ?

im using a debian 3.0 standard setup with perl 5.6.1. the above named module is also from a standard debian package. 

> I can imagine that may cause an issue, but I am not sure.

i really hope you dont only know about the issue, but about the solution ;-)

thanks, hp