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Re: newbie: ADD vs. MODIFY

To: Ron Newman <ronman@imt.net>
Subject: Re: newbie: ADD vs. MODIFY
From: Adam Tauno Williams <adam@morrison-ind.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:45:36 -0400
Cc: openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
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> I just want to make sure I'm using LDAP the way it was meant to be used:
> ldapadd chokes if the entry exists already,
> ldapmodify is meant for existing entries.
> So to add a new entry I first search the entire database to see if it
> exists, then call either ldapadd or ldapmodify accordingly?  This is very
> slow, but I understand that LDAP is meant for fast recall, not fast
> entering.

Why not just try the add and check the result code?

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