Re: ldap_search_st error...

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Cheryl,

LDAP_OPERATIONS_ERROR means that you're doing an operation out of 
sequence.    In other words, you have to do something else FIRST before 
you can do your ldap_search_st()... it depends on something else.

It could also mean that there's a bug in the server code.  I know that 
OpenLDAP had a bug a few years back where it returned this when you 
passed an invalid user/password.  It gave you "operations error" with 
the intent of telling you "you have to log in before you can do that", 
but since the user/password had already been sent (it was invalid, but 
no error was given to explain that) it was confusing.

But, that bug was fixed in... err... I want to say 2002 or 2003. 
Anyway, there are lots and lots of things that can cause an operations 
error.   But, the basic intention of the error code is to tell you that 
you're doing your operations (i.e. calling the APIs) in the wrong sequence.

Unfortunately, I can't tell specifically what you're doing wrong -- I 
can only tell you what the message means.



Cheryl Wheeler wrote:
> I am trying to incorporated LDAP into a rpgle program on the iseries.  
>
> The ldap_init and ldap_bind appear to be working correctly.  The
> subsequent ldap_search_st comes back with an 'operations error'.
> Information was found by googling this error, that an individual had
> gotten an "operations error" and ignored it and the search worked fine
> for them.  Such is not the case for me.
>
>  
>
> This is what my ldap_search_st statement looks like: 
>
>  
>
> filter = '(cn=*'+SearchArg+'*)'; 
>
> AttrVal(1) = 'cn' + x'00';       
>
> AttrVal(2) = 'mail' + x'00';     
>
> AttrPtr(1) = %addr(AttrVal(1));  
>
> AttrPtr(2) = %addr(AttrVal(2));  
>
> AttrPtr(3) = *NULL;              
>
>                                  
>
> p_timeval = %addr(timeout);      
>
> tv_sec = 120;                    
>
> tv_usec = 0;                     
>
>  
>
>   rc = ldap_search_st( ld:       
>
>        MY_BASE_DN:               
>
>        LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE:       
>
>        Filter:                   
>
>        %addr(AttrPtr):           
>
>        0:                        
>
>        %addr(timeout):           
>
>        result);                  
>
>  
>
> Any help in determining what this 'operations error' means and how to
> proceed with this would be greatly appreciated.  If you need more info,
> let me know and I'll get it to you.