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LDAP_GET_VALUES(3LDAP) LDAP Library Functions LDAP_GET_VALUES(3LDAP)

NAME

ldap_get_values, ldap_get_values_len, ldap_count_values,
ldap_count_values_len, ldap_value_free, ldap_value_free_len - LDAP
attribute value handling functions

SYNOPSIS

cc[ flag... ] file... -lldap[ library... ]
#include <lber.h>
#include <ldap.h>

char **ldap_get_values(LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *entry, char *attr);

struct berval **ldap_get_values_len(LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *entry,
char *attr);

ldap_count_values(char **vals);

ldap_count_values_len(struct berval **vals);

ldap_value_free(char **vals);

ldap_value_free_len(struct berval **vals);

DESCRIPTION

These functions are used to retrieve and manipulate attribute values
from an LDAP entry as returned by ldap_first_entry(3LDAP) or
ldap_next_entry(3LDAP). ldap_get_values() takes the entry and the
attribute attr whose values are desired and returns a null-terminated
array of the attribute's values. attr may be an attribute type as
returned from ldap_first_attribute(3LDAP) or
ldap_next_attribute(3LDAP), or if the attribute type is known it can
simply be given.

The number of values in the array can be counted by calling
ldap_count_values(). The array of values returned can be freed by
calling ldap_value_free().

If the attribute values are binary in nature, and thus not suitable
to be returned as an array of char *'s, the ldap_get_values_len()
function can be used instead. It takes the same parameters as
ldap_get_values(), but returns a null-terminated array of pointers to
berval structures, each containing the length of and a pointer to a
value.

The number of values in the array can be counted by calling
ldap_count_values_len(). The array of values returned can be freed by
calling ldap_value_free_len().

ERRORS

If an error occurs in ldap_get_values() or ldap_get_values_len(),
NULL returned and the ld_errno field in the ld parameter is set to
indicate the error. See ldap_error(3LDAP) for a description of
possible error codes.

ATTRIBUTES

NOTES