Name

ldap_delete — Remove a leaf entry in the LDAP Directory Information Tree.

Synopsis

int ldap_delete ( in server_url varchar ,
in try_tls integer ,
in entrydn varchar ,
in username varchar ,
in password varchar );

Description

This function removes a leaf entry in the LDAP Directory Information Tree.

Parameters

server_url

The server URL has three parts, <protocol>://<host>:<port>. Missing parameters will be defaulted to

<ldap://localhost:389>

.

try_tls

try_tls is a flag that tells the client to perform a handshake with the LDAP server using a secure connection. This is only applicable to the ldap:// protocol and not ldaps://. If a secure connection cannot be made, the client will fall back to using an insecure connection.

entrydn

entrydn is a qualified string which represents the LDAP DN entry to be deleted.

username

username authorization credential

password

password authorization credential

Return Types

Zero for success or error code.

Errors

Table24.48.Errors signalled by ldap_delete

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
2E000 LD005 Failed to initialize LDAP connection: <reason> (<reason code>)
2E000 LD006 Failed to set LDAP version option: <reason> (<reason code>)
2E000 LD016 Failed to start TLS: <reason> (<reason code>)
28000 LD007 Failed to bind synchronous LDAP connection: <reason> (<reason code>)
39000 LD012 Failed to delete the DN entry: <reason> (<reason code>)

Examples

Example24.202.Using ldap_delete

  if (not ldap_delete ('ldap://localhost', 0,
    'cn=John Atanasov,mail=hellraisor@hotmail.com,c=US,o=hotmail.com', NULL))
    {
      -- the entry removed successfully, we can perform some other action
    }