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Netscape Directory SDK 3.0 for C Programmer’s Guide
     Chapter 18 Functions

ldap_modify_ext()

Modifies an existing entry in the directory asynchronously.

Syntax

#include <ldap.h>
int ldap_modify_ext( LDAP *ld, const char *dn, LDAPMod **mods,
   LDAPControl **serverctrls, LDAPControl **clientctrls,
   int *msgidp );

Parameters

This function has the following parameters:

ld

Connection handle, which is a pointer to an LDAP structure containing information about the connection to the LDAP server.

dn

Distinguished name (DN) of the entry to modify.

mods

Pointer to a NULL-terminated array of pointers to LDAPMod structures representing the attributes that you want to modify.

serverctrls

Pointer to an array of LDAPControl structures representing LDAP server controls that apply to this LDAP operation. If you do not want to pass any server controls, specify NULL for this argument.

clientctrls

Pointer to an array of LDAPControl structures representing LDAP client controls that apply to this LDAP operation. If you do not want to pass any client controls, specify NULL for this argument.

msgidp

Pointer to an integer that will be set to the message ID of the LDAP operation. To check the result of this operation, call ldap_result() and ldap_parse_result() functions.

Returns

One of the following values:

Description

The ldap_modify_ext() modifies an entry in the directory asynchronously.

This function is a new version of the ldap_modify() function. If you are writing a new LDAP client, you should call this function instead of ldap_modify().

To make changes to an entry to the directory, you need to specify the following information:

ldap_modify_ext() is an asynchronous function; it does not directly return results. If you want the results to be returned directly by the function, call the synchronous function ldap_modify_ext_s() instead. (For more information on asynchronous and synchronous functions, see "Calling Synchronous and Asynchronous Functions" on page 80.)

In order to get the results of the LDAP modify operation, you need to call the ldap_result() function and the ldap_parse_result() function. (See "Calling Asynchronous Functions" on page 82 for details.) For a list of possible result codes for an LDAP modify operation, see the result code documentation for the ldap_modify_ext_s() function.

For more information on modifying entries in the directory, see "Modifying an Entry" on page 188.

Example

See the example under "Example: Modifying an Entry in the Directory (Asynchronous)" on page 201.

See Also

ldap_modify_ext_s(), ldap_result(), ldap_parse_result(), LDAPMod.


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