On 5/3/07 9:59, "Lars Skjærlund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I've started creating an application that runs against a larger Novell
> eDir system.
>
> Unfortunately, I have huge performance problems :-(.
>
> Basically, here's what I want to do (in pseudocode):
>
> @entries = LDAP->Search(Projects)
>
> foreach my $entry (@entries) {
> LDAP->Search($entry->{Project_Manager})
> ...
> }
>
> In this case, the object could be to find the full name of each project
> manager.
>
> Unfortunately, this code is extremely slow when run against a directory
> with several thousand projects - responsetime is measured in lots of
> minutes.
Are your searches synchronous, or can you fire them all off in parallel?
> Why isn't there an LDAP->Read function? I have the DN name of the
> object in question and need not search for it.
LDAP does not provide a read operation in the protocol; you always have to
simulate it with a base object search using the DN you know.
> As it appears I cannot read it directly, how do I get the attributes of
> an object when I know the DN - in the most efficient way?
$ldap->search(base => "the DN you know",
scope => 'base',
filter => '(objectclass=*)');
Cheers,
Chris
