LDAP_FIRST_REFERENCE(3)	   Library Functions Manual    LDAP_FIRST_REFERENCE(3)



NAME
       ldap_first_reference,   ldap_next_reference,   ldap_count_references  -
       Stepping through continuation references in a result chain

LIBRARY
       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ldap.h>

       int ldap_count_references( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result )

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

       LDAPMessage *ldap_next_reference( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *reference )

DESCRIPTION
       These routines are used to step through the continuation references  in
       a  result  chain	 received  from ldap_result(3) or the synchronous LDAP
       search operation routines.

       The ldap_first_reference() routine is used to retrieve the first refer-
       ence  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 reference message in the result chain.

       This  pointer should be supplied on a subsequent call to ldap_next_ref-
       erence() to get the next reference message, the result of which	should
       be   supplied   to   the	  next	call  to  ldap_next_reference(),  etc.
       ldap_next_reference() will return NULL when there are no more reference
       messages.  The reference messages returned from these calls are used by
       ldap_parse_reference(3) to extract referrals and controls.

       A count of the number of reference messages in the search result can be
       obtained	 by  calling  ldap_count_references().	It can also be used to
       count the number of reference messages remaining in a result chain.

ERRORS
       If an error occurs in ldap_first_reference() or	ldap_next_reference(),
       NULL is returned.  If an error occurs in ldap_count_references(), -1 is
       returned.

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3), ldap_result(3), ldap_search(3), ldap_parse_reference(3)

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



OpenLDAP 2.4.40			  2014/09/20	       LDAP_FIRST_REFERENCE(3)