I'll add some logging.. to make it easier maybe:

When the template above gets executed, this happens in DBD::LDAP:

sql_string: SELECT objectclass, cn, mobile, departement, postaladdress
+, mail, ou, telephonenumber, name, description, givenname, employeenu
+mber, sn, title, dn, roomnumber FROM users WHERE uid='verhamma'
ref @resv:
iter0
- found: [12]
iter1
-- found: [top; person; organizationalPerson; inetOrgPerson; mailRecip
+ient; linpersonlolita; gatewayCcMailUser; gatewayMSMailUser; gatewayP
+erson; mvgperson; nsCalUser; posixaccount; shadowaccount; inetmailuse
+r; inetlocalmailrecipient]
-- found: [VERHAMME, Marc]
-- found: []
-- found: [LIN]
-- found: [some postal address]
-- found: [some emailaddress]
-- found: [LIN]
-- found: []
-- found: []
-- found: []
-- found: [Marc]
-- found: [17258]
-- found: [VERHAMME]
-- found: []
-- found: [cn="VERHAMME, Marc",ou=Personeel,ou=LIN,o=Vlaanderen,c=BE]
-- found: [ ]
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So.. the data arrived in the module!

The following is a Dumper.dump of the user variable in the Template code (which is above):

$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'objectclass' => undef,
                 'cn' => undef,
                 'mobile' => undef,
                 'departement' => undef,
                 'postaladdress' => undef,
                 'mail' => undef,
                 'ou' => undef,
                 'uid' => 'verhamma',
                 'telephonenumber' => undef,
                 'name' => undef,
                 'description' => undef,
                 'givenname' => undef,
                 'employeenumber' => undef,
                 'sn' => undef,
                 'title' => undef,
                 'dn' => undef,
                 'roomnumber' => undef
               }, 'MVG::User' );
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So why are the values there in the module but eventually not in the object? :-/ it just blows my socks

so it seems the template variable I use (in the template it's user) does not get "updated" (this probably not the correct word)

thanks..