Sort the collection by the values of named attributes. Sort direction is ascending.

[Visual Basic]
MustOverride  OverloadsPublic Sub SortBy( _ 
   ByVal attributeName As String _ 
)
[C#]
public abstract void SortBy(
   string attributeName
);
[C++]
public: abstract void SortBy(
   String* attributeName
);
[JScript]
public abstract function SortBy(
   String attributeName
);

Parameters

attributeName

Name of the attribute to sort by.

Example

[C#]
using System;
 using LdapServices.Ldap;
 
 namespace LDAPSampleCodeConsole
 {
   class SampleApp
   {
     static void Main(string[] args)
     {
       Client client = new Client();
 
       // Connect to the directory
       client.Connect("directory.yourServer.ca");
       
       // Search the directory for entries with surname starting with 'Ab'
       EntryCollection entries;
       entries = client.Search("o=yourCompany,c=ca", "sn=Ab*");
 
       // Sort the entries by surname in alphabetical order
       entries.SortBy("sn");
       foreach (Entry entry in entries)
       {
         Console.WriteLine("Surname: " + entry.Attributes["sn"].Values[0].StringValue + " dn: " + entry.DN);
       }
 
       // Disconnect
       client.Disconnect();
     }
   }
 }
 

See Also

EntryCollection Class | LdapServices.Ldap Namespace | EntryCollection.SortBy Overload List