Search the directory. For a complete description of search syntax, see RFC 1558: A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1558.html).

[Visual Basic]
Public Function Search( _ 
   ByVal base As String, _ 
   ByVal filter As String, _ 
   ByVal scope As Scope, _ 
   ByVal attributeNames As StringCollection, _ 
   ByVal timeout As Integer, _ 
   ByVal ignoreSizeLimitError As Boolean _ 
) As EntryCollection
[C#]
public EntryCollection Search(
   string base,
   string filter,
   Scope scope,
   StringCollection attributeNames,
   int timeout,
   bool ignoreSizeLimitError
);
[C++]
public: EntryCollection* Search(
   String* base,
   String* filter,
   Scope scope,
   StringCollection* attributeNames,
   int timeout,
   bool ignoreSizeLimitError
);
[JScript]
public function Search(
   String base,
   String filter,
   Scope scope,
   StringCollection attributeNames,
   int timeout,
   bool ignoreSizeLimitError
): EntryCollection;

Parameters

base

Base DN.

filter

Search filter.

scope

Search scope.

attributeNames

Names of desired attributes.

timeout

The search will fail after the specified number of seconds with a trappable error.

ignoreSizeLimitError

Do not throw an exception when more search results were returned than was requested.

Return Value

Collection of entries matching the search query.

Example

[C#]
using System;
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
 using LdapServices.Ldap;
 
 namespace LDAPSampleCodeConsole
 {
   class SampleApp
   {
     static void Main(string[] args)
     {
       Client client = new Client();
 
       // Connect to the directory
       client.Connect("directory.yourCompany.ca");
 
       // Search the directory for entries with surname starting with 'Ab'
       EntryCollection entries;
       StringCollection attributes = new StringCollection();
       attributes.Add("cn");
 
         // Time out in 5 seconds
         // Ignore the size limit error
       entries = client.Search("o=yourCompany,c=ca", "sn=Ab*", Scope.SubTree, attributes, 5, true);
 
       // Display the result counts
       Console.WriteLine("Count: " + entries.Count);
       Console.WriteLine("Attribute Count: " + entries[0].Attributes.Count);
 
         // Disconnect
         client.Disconnect();
     }
   }
 }
 

See Also

Client Class | LdapServices.Ldap Namespace | Client.Search Overload List