"Matt Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Dan Mosedale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > aaa4p6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:aaa4p6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > hedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > I am using C SDK 5.08 to access the Iplanet Directory server 4.1 and I'd > > > like to have a mechanism of call back (or any other event) in case of > > > deconnection (or anything similar) to be sure that my connection is > > > still valid before any read or write request. > > > Do the LDAP_IOF_CLOSE_CALLBACK could be used in this case ? > > > Or a periodic check (with a fake read) is ok. > > > > > > Any suggestion ? > > > > This isn't really the model that the LDAP C SDK supports. In general, > > the way the C SDK works is that you just make calls into it as > > appropriate, and if the connection goes down, the next call you make > > will fail and set the LDAP errno to LDAP_SERVER_DOWN. > > > > Dan > > That's what I thought too, but if I leave an active connection overnight > (running from a GUI) and try the next day, it usually hangs on the first > call to the server (usually a ldap_search_ext). I have to kill the process. > My code is checking for an LDAP_CONNECT_ERROR and LDAP_SERVER_DOWN but as it > hangs before the search returns it is a pointless exercise.
That sure sounds like a bug. Can you file a bug in bugzilla.mozilla.org? Dan
