SAS(R) 9.2 Integration Technologies: Directory Services Reference

Product	Release
SAS Integration Technologies	9.2

LDAP CALL Routine Interface

LDAPS_ATTRVALUE

Retrieves an attribute value

Syntax
Arguments
Example

Syntax

CALL LDAPS_ATTRVALUE(sHandle, entryIndex, attributeIndex, valueIndex, value, rc);

Arguments

sHandle

specifies the search handle that is returned by the LDAPS_SEARCH CALL routine. The search handle identifies the entry list that is returned in the search.

Type:	Numeric
Direction:	Input

entryIndex

specifies an index into the entry list. This index is 1-based.

Type:	Numeric
Direction:	Input

attributeIndex

specifies an index into the attribute list for the specified entry.

Type:	Numeric
Direction:	Input

valueIndex

specifies an index into the list of attribute values.

Type:	Numeric
Direction:	Input

value

returns the value of the specified attribute.

Type:	Character
Direction:	Output

receives a return code that indicates success or failure.

Type:	Numeric
Direction:	Output

Example

The following example prints to the SAS log the names and values of all attributes in all entries in a given LDAP directory.

call ldaps_search(lhandle, sHandle, filter, attribs, numEntries, rc);
   do entryIndex = 1 to numEntries;

   numAttributes = 0;
   entryName='';

   /* retrieve entry indexed by integer entryIndex */
   call ldaps_entry(sHandle, entryIndex, entryName, numAttributes, rc);
   put 'Entry name is ' entryName;
   put 'Number of attributes returned is ' numAttributes;

   do attrIndex = 1 to numAttributes;
   call ldaps_attrname(sHandle, entryIndex, attrIndex, attribName,
      numValues, rc);
      put 'Attribute name is ' attribName;
      put 'Number of values for this attribute is ' numValues;

   do attrValueIndex = 1 to numValues;
      value='';
      call LDAPS_ATTRVALUE
         (sHandle, entryIndex, attrindex, attrValueIndex, value,
         rc);
         put Attribute value is value;
      end;
   end;
end;

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