Re: Getting list of users(mail,sn) from Active Directory using LDAP question

Did you add SN and givenName to the PropertiesToLoad on the
DirectorySearcher?

You are correct that you really don't want to call GetDirectoryEntry for a
simple property reader. That should only be done if you need to modify the
object.

Joe K.

"Patrick.O.Ige" <naijacoder@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OUQw54KIGHA.2680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The code below works fine but if i use
> Response.Write("First Name=" + result.Properties("givenname")(0) +
> "<br>Last
> Name=" + result.Properties("sn")(0) + "")
> To display the results it doesn't work unless i do
> "result.GetDirectoryEntry.Properties("sn").Value"
> to get a value and using GetDirectoryEntry makes the query very slow.
>
> But if i filter by using :-
> Mysearcher.Filter = "(&(anr=username)(objectCategory=person))"
> I can retrieve result by doing :
> Response.Write("First Name=" + result.Properties("givenname")(0) +
> "<br>Last
> Name=" + result.Properties("sn")(0) + "")
>
> What am i doing wrong?
> Any advice?
>
>
>
> Dim Mysearcher As New DirectorySearcher(rootEntry)
>
> 'Mysearcher.Filter = "(&(anr=username)(objectCategory=person))"
>
> Mysearcher.Filter = "(&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=user))"
>
> Mysearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("samaccountname")
>
> Mysearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("givenname")
>
> Mysearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("sn")
>
> Mysearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("mail")
>
>
>
> Dim Myresults As SearchResultCollection
>
> Myresults = Mysearcher.FindAll()
>
> Dim result As SearchResult
>
> For Each result In Myresults
>
> Response.Write("" &
> result.GetDirectoryEntry().Properties("samaccountname").Value & "<br>")
>
> 'Response.Write("First Name=" + result.Properties("givenname")(0) +
> "<br>Last Name=" + result.Properties("sn")(0) + "")
>
> 'Response.Write("" & result.Properties("sn")(0) & "")
>
> 'Response.Write("<br>Email=" + result.Properties("mail")(0) + "<br>")
>
> Response.Write("" + result.GetDirectoryEntry.Properties("sn").Value +
> "<br>")
>
> Next
>
>
>
>


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