NAME

Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult - Server Side Sort (SSS) result control object

SYNOPSIS

use Net::LDAP::Control::Sort;
use Net::LDAP::Constant qw(LDAP_CONTROL_SORTRESULT);
use Net::LDAP::Util qw(ldap_error_name);

$sort = Net::LDAP::Control::Sort->new(
  order => "cn -age"
);

$mesg = $ldap->search( @args, control => [ $sort ]);

($resp) = $mesg->control( LDAP_CONTROL_SORTRESULT );

if ($resp) {
  if ($resp->result) {
    my $attr = $resp->attr;
    print "Problem sorting, ",ldap_error_name($resp->result);
    print " ($attr)"  if $attr;
    print "\n";
  }
  else {
    print "Results are sorted\n";
  }
}
else {
  print "Server does not support sorting\n";
}

DESCRIPTION

Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult is a sub-class of Net::LDAP::Control. It provides a class for manipulating the LDAP sort request control 1.2.840.113556.1.4.474 as defined in RFC-2891

A sort result control will be returned by the server in response to a search with a Server Side Sort control. If a sort result control is not returned then the user may assume that the server does not support sorting and the results are not sorted.

CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS

attr

If result indicates that there was a problem with sorting and that problem was due to one of the attributes specified in the sort control. attr is set to the name of the attribute causing the problem.

result

This is the result code that describes if the sort operation was successful. If will be one of the result codes describes below.

METHODS

As with Net::LDAP::Control each constructor argument described above is also available as a method on the object which will return the current value for the attribute if called without an argument, and set a new value for the attribute if called with an argument.

RESULT CODES

Possible results from a sort request are listed below. See Net::LDAP::Constant for a definition of each.

LDAP_SUCCESS

LDAP_OPERATIONS_ERROR

LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED

LDAP_STRONG_AUTH_REQUIRED

LDAP_ADMIN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED

LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE

LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING

LDAP_INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS

LDAP_BUSY

LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM

LDAP_OTHER

SEE ALSO

Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Control::Sort, Net::LDAP::Control, http://ww.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2891.txt

AUTHOR

Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.