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nwSearchFilter Issue
Question:
I need to collect all groups with a name starting with 'PV_*'TreeSpec = '\\IV_TREE' nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'BASECLS','',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'ANAME','Group',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'AND','',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'ANAME','????',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'EQ','',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'AVAL','PV_*',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'END','',0,0,0)I can't figure out what I should fill in at the question-marks...
Answer:
You pretty much answered the question yourself when you stated your question.You want to get all objects with a base class value of "Group" and with names [hint, hint, nudge, nudge, wink, wink] that begin with "PV_*". The ANAME token is asking for an attribute name, and you're needing the use the naming attribute for a group object.
The $64,000 answer is... "CN".
The CN [Common Name] attribute is the single most commonly used attribute in eDirectory as it is the primary naming attribute for nearly every object in the tree, excepting L [Locality], C [Country] and a few others that have unusual naming attributes other than CN.
User Reply:
well the attribute name is recognized, no errors, but also no results !TreeSpec = '\\IV_TREE' nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'BASECLS','',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'ANAME','Group',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'END','',0,0,0)
gives a list of groups, also groups starting with 'PV_'
but:
TreeSpec = '\\IV_TREE' nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'BASECLS','',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'ANAME','Group',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'AND','',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'ANAME','CN',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'EQ','',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'AVAL','PV*',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'END','',0,0,0)gives no results.
i also tried 'Common Name', no errors, no results....
Answer:
It should definitely be "CN". You're basically using the same code that is provided in the example for nwSearchFilter(), and I actually ran that code to test it.What does your call to nwSearchObjects() look like? Maybe you're not recursively searching sub-containers in the tree and thus are failing to find the objects. Another possibility is that you don't have sufficient rights to find the objects. Can you locate them & view them using something like ConsoleOne while you're logged in to eDir as the same user that is running this script?
User Reply:
Without:nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'AND','',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'ANAME','CN',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'EQ','',0,0,0) nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'AVAL','PV*',0,0,0)I find all the groups so i think i have enough rights (?)
and i use:
nwSearchObjects('[Root]','','',2,'')
to find the groups. Is that right ?
Answer:
Your call to nwSearchObjects() looks correct.I think I lead you down the wrong path with performing a comparison of the value of the CN attribute. The object naming attributes are handled *differently* from how other attributes are handled when performing a filtered search. Give this a try instead and see how it works out.
TreeSpec = '\\IV_TREE'
nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'BASECLS','',0,0,0)
nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'ANAME','Group',0,0,0)
nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'AND','',0,0,0)
nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'RDN','',0,0,0)
nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'ANAME','PV_*',0,0,0)
nwSearchFilter(TreeSpec,'END','',0,0,0)
nwSearchObjects('[Root]','','',2,'')
Article ID: W16545
File Created: 2005:02:18:12:21:22
Last Updated: 2005:02:18:12:21:22