Re: searching large directories

[Adam Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org>]

>return when the search is complete. I have to search very large
>directories and wonder if the resulting data structure will be too large
>to store in memory? Is there not a way to handle entries as they are 
>found? Or is that what the asynch method ldap_search() provides?

Results are paged based upon the size limit set by the 
server or the limit specified in the query, whichever is lower.

ldap_search is async,  ldap_search_s is syncronous.  I assume we are 
talking about C as you didn't state any different.