5.18.3 GET

This command is used to GET an LDAP entry.

Syntax:

Command Keyword Value Developer notes GET DN entry name Required. Specify the distinguished name (DN) of the entry you are looking for. ATTRIBUTES attribute names Optional. Specify the attributes that you want returned. *ALL Default. If you specify *ALL, all attributes will be returned or a comma delimited list of the attribute names.

Lists and Variables

The application must supply a working list into which the GET command will return the retrieved attributes. The working list must contain either one or two fields as follows:

• The first field is mandatory and will contain the attribute name for each retrieved attribute.
  Suggested field length: you will need to ensure that the field is long enough to hold the longest possible attribute name for your LDAP Server. The field length will be character.
• The second field is optional. If supplied, it will contain the attribute value for each retrieved attribute.
  Suggested field length: you will need to ensure that the field is long enough to hold the longest possible attribute value for your LDAP Server. The field length will be character.

Example

GET DN(cn=John, cn=users, o=ibmteldir) ATTRIBUTES(*ALL) #WRKLST(ATNAME,ATVALUE)

 

GET DN(cn=John, cn=users, o=ibmteldir) ATTRIBUTES(sn, cn) #WRKLST(ATNAME,ATVALUE)