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Parameters for the Search Function
574 Netscape Directory Server Plug-In Programmer’s Guide • December 2003
Parameters for Executing the Search
The following parameters are set by the front-end and back-end database as part of
the process of executing the search.
SLAPI_SEARCH_SCOPE int
The scope of the search. The scope can be one of the
following values:
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LDAP_SCOPE_BASE
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LDAP_SCOPE_ONELEVEL
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LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE
SLAPI_SEARCH_DEREF int
Method for handling aliases in a search. This
method can be one of the following values:
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LDAP_DEREF_NEVER
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LDAP_DEREF_SEARCHING
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LDAP_DEREF_FINDING
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LDAP_DEREF_ALWAYS
SLAPI_SEARCH_SIZELIMIT int
Maximum number of entries to return in the search
results.
SLAPI_SEARCH_TIMELIMIT int
Maximum amount of time (in seconds) allowed for
the search operation.
SLAPI_SEARCH_FILTER Slapi_Filter * Slapi_Filter
struct (an opaque data structure)
representing the filter to be used in the search.
SLAPI_SEARCH_STRFILTER char *
String representation of the filter to be used in the
search.
SLAPI_SEARCH_ATTRS char **
Array of attribute types to be returned in the search
results.
SLAPI_SEARCH_ATTRSONLY int
Specifies whether the search results return attribute
types only or attribute types and values. (0 means
return both attributes and values; 1 means return
attribute types only).
Parameter ID Data Type Description
SLAPI_SEARCH_RESULT_SET void *
Set of search results.
Parameter ID Data Type Description