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LDAP_FIRST_MESSAGE(3)	   Library Functions Manual	 LDAP_FIRST_MESSAGE(3)

NAME
       ldap_first_message,  ldap_next_message,	ldap_count_messages - Stepping
       through messages	in a result chain

LIBRARY
       OpenLDAP	LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<ldap.h>

       int ldap_count_messages(	LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result )

       LDAPMessage *ldap_first_message(	LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result )

       LDAPMessage *ldap_next_message( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *message )

DESCRIPTION
       These routines are used to step through the messages in a result	 chain
       received	 from ldap_result(3).  For search operations, the result chain
       can contain referral, entry and result  messages.  The  ldap_msgtype(3)
       function	 can  be  used	to  distinguish	 between the different message
       types.

       The ldap_first_message()	routine	is used	to retrieve the	first  message
       in  a  result  chain.   It  takes  the  result as returned by a call to
       ldap_result(3), ldap_search_s(3)	or  ldap_search_st(3)  and  returns  a
       pointer to the first message in the result chain.

       This  pointer should be supplied	on a subsequent	call to	ldap_next_mes-
       sage() to get the next message, the result of which should be  supplied
       to the next call	to ldap_next_message(),	etc.  ldap_next_message() will
       return NULL when	there are no more messages.

       These  functions	 are  useful  when  using routines like	ldap_parse_re-
       sult(3) that only operate on the	first result in	the chain.

       A count of the number of	messages in the	result chain can  be  obtained
       by  calling  ldap_count_messages().   It	 can also be used to count the
       number of remaining messages in a chain if called with a	message, entry
       or reference returned by	ldap_first_message() ,	ldap_next_message()  ,
       ldap_first_entry(3),    ldap_next_entry(3),    ldap_first_reference(3),
       ldap_next_reference(3).

ERRORS
       If an error occurs in ldap_first_message() or ldap_next_message(), NULL
       is returned.  If	an error occurs	in ldap_count_messages(),  -1  is  re-
       turned.

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3),	   ldap_search(3),    ldap_result(3),	 ldap_parse_result(3),
       ldap_first_entry(3), ldap_first_reference(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP	Software is developed and maintained by	The  OpenLDAP  Project
       <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived from the Uni-
       versity of Michigan LDAP	3.3 Release.

OpenLDAP 2.6.9			  2024/11/26		 LDAP_FIRST_MESSAGE(3)

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