LDAP Searches

fritz1968 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

How do I perform an LDAP search and limit the number of entries that are found in the search?

I want to perform a search that I know will return 500,000+ entries. However, I only want to return 2 to 3 entries at a time for now (testing/modifying the script), and 500 when I go live with the script.

Any way to limit the number returned in the search? Here is what i have so far:
my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new ( "$idvServer" ) or die "$@"; my $result = $ldap->bind ( "$idvAdmin", password => "$idvPW", version => 3 ) or die($result->error());

my $searchMesg = $ldap->search (base => $userBase, filter => $filter, scope => "$scope", attrs => $userAttributes);

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Frank

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Re: LDAP Searches by NetWallah (Canon) on Aug 22, 2011 at 23:52 UTC
Try Net::LDAP::Control::Paged. Sample code at: http://eldapo.blogspot.com/2007/03/simple-paged-results-with-netldap.html. `my $page = Net::LDAP::Control::Paged->new( size => 2 ) or die $!; # 2 +entries at a time` [download] "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, use more."	[reply] [d/l]
Re: LDAP Searches by Jim (Curate) on Aug 22, 2011 at 21:55 UTC
By using the `sizelimit` option of the `search` method maybe? (I don't know. I don't use Net::LDAP. I just looked up the answer in the online documentation.)	[reply] [d/l] [select]