Re: ldap_search for binary data??

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 05:30 PM 9/22/00 -0500, Burkule, Sanju non Unisys wrote:
>Hi, 
>Could anybody help me on how to conduct a ldap_search using binary data? 
>I have objectGUID as one of the mandatory attributes of all objects in ldap
>directory implemented in Windows 2000. And objectGUID is a OctetString. 
>Since objectGUID is unique, and remains the same even when the object is
>moved anywhere in the directory tree, I would like to search for such
>objects using the objectGUID. 
>My question is : 
>How do I create a filter string for such cases? 

You construct an string representation (RFC 2253) of the LDAPv3
filter by hex escaping the value, for example:
        (objectGUID=\c3\00\20\fd)

will match the 32-bit value 0xc30020fd.

>Do I have to convert objectGUID to string when I do this? 

with a small piece of code.

>Do I have to specify double quotes for the values? 

No.

>I am using LDAP SDK and Windows 2000 server. 
>-Thanks a lot. Any help will be appreciated. 
>-Sanju