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ldapCreateAttribute

function

Library: LDAP support (OMLDAP legacy)
Include: omldap.xin

Declaration 
define external ldapAttribute function ldapCreateAttribute
             value     stream  attribute-name
    datatype value     integer datatype       optional initial { LDAP_TEXT }
    values   read-only stream  values         optional
    value    remainder string  value

Argument definitions

attribute-name
The name of the attribute.
datatype
The type of the attribute. The default is LDAP_TEXT; the other option is LDAP_BINARY.
values
A shelf of values to assign to the attribute.
value
A list of values to assign to the attribute.


Purpose

This function assigns value(s) to an ldapAttribute of an entry that you will add later with the ldapAddEntry function.

Example: 

     include "omldap.xin"
  
     process
        local ldapAttribute my-entry variable
        ...
  
        set new my-entry to ldapCreateAttribute "cn"
           value "Brown"
           value "V. Brown"
           value "Valerie Brown"

In the example above, the attribute is "cn", the attribute-name is "Brown", the first value is "V. Brown", and another value is "Valerie Brown".

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