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LDAP_COMPARE(3)                                                                              LDAP_COMPARE(3)



NAME
       ldap_compare, ldap_compare_s - Perform an LDAP compare operation

LIBRARY
       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ldap.h>

       int ldap_compare_s(ld, dn, attr, value)
       LDAP *ld;
       char *dn, *attr, *value;

       int ldap_compare(ld, dn, attr, value)
       LDAP *ld;
       char *dn, *attr, *value;

DESCRIPTION
       The  ldap_compare_s()  routine  is used to perform an LDAP compare operation synchronously.  It takes
       dn, the DN of the entry upon which to perform the compare, and attr and value, the attribute type and
       value to compare to those found in the entry.  It returns an LDAP error code, which will be LDAP_COM-PARE_TRUE LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE
       PARE_TRUE if the entry contains the attribute value and LDAP_COMPARE_FALSE if it  does  not.   Other-wise, Otherwise,
       wise, some error code is returned.

       The ldap_compare() routine is used to perform an LDAP compare operation asynchronously.  It takes the
       same parameters as ldap_compare_s(), but returns the message id of the  request  it  initiated.   The
       result of the compare can be obtained by a subsequent call to ldap_result(3).

ERRORS
       ldap_compare_s() returns an LDAP error code which can be interpreted by calling one of ldap_perror(3)
       and friends.  ldap_compare() returns -1 if something went wrong initiating the request.   It  returns
       the non-negative message id of the request if things went ok.

BUGS
       There is no way to compare binary values, but there should be.

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3), ldap_error(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/)  OpenLDAP is
       derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.



OpenLDAP 2.3.27                                  2006/08/19                                  LDAP_COMPARE(3)