NAME

       ldap_first_entry, ldap_next_entry, ldap_count_entries - LDAP result entry parsing and counting routines

LIBRARY

       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ldap.h>

       int ldap_count_entries( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result )

       LDAPMessage *ldap_first_entry( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result )

       LDAPMessage *ldap_next_entry( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *entry )

DESCRIPTION

       These  routines  are  used  to  parse results received from ldap_result(3) or the synchronous LDAP search
       operation routines ldap_search_s(3) and ldap_search_st(3).

       The ldap_first_entry() routine is used to retrieve the first entry in a  chain  of  search  results.   It
       takes  the  result  as  returned by a call to ldap_result(3) or ldap_search_s(3) or ldap_search_st(3) and
       returns a pointer to the first entry in the result.

       This pointer should be supplied on a subsequent call to ldap_next_entry() to  get  the  next  entry,  the
       result  of  which  should be supplied to the next call to ldap_next_entry(), etc.  ldap_next_entry() will
       return NULL when there are no more entries.  The entries returned from these calls are used in  calls  to
       the routines described in ldap_get_dn(3), ldap_first_attribute(3), ldap_get_values(3), etc.

       A count of the number of entries in the search result can be obtained by calling ldap_count_entries().

ERRORS

       If an error occurs in ldap_first_entry() or ldap_next_entry(), NULL is returned and the ld_errno field in
       the ld parameter is set to indicate the error.   If  an  error  occurs  in  ldap_count_entries(),  -1  is
       returned,  and  ld_errno  is  set  appropriately.   See ldap_error(3) for a description of possible error
       codes.

SEE ALSO

       ldap(3), ldap_result(3), ldap_search(3), ldap_first_attribute(3), ldap_get_values(3), ldap_get_dn(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP Software is  developed  and  maintained  by  The  OpenLDAP  Project  <http://www.openldap.org/>.
       OpenLDAP Software is derived from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.