yes, i can use iconv lib to encode Chinese to utf8 string,
but my question is:
Could LDAP c sdk handle the utf8 string using char* parameter?
Thank you :)
Rich Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> You must convert the Chinese string from the native character set encoding to
> the UTF8 encoding. The iPlanet Directory Server used to ship with a command
> line utility called Native2Ascii or something like that. Assuming you have your
> command line environment locale and lang set up correctly, you can use this
> program to convert your native charset to utf8 (ascii). Many operating systems
> also provide a program called iconv (or something like that) which does the same
> thing. LDAP only deals with UTF8 strings.
>
> Finally, ldapsearch will not convert back to the native charset. Since the
> output contains 8 bit characters, ldapsearch will, by default, assume it is
> binary data and convert it to base64 for display on the terminal window.
>
> zhangmeng wrote:
> > hello,
> > I just want to know, how to add Chinese string to Openldap using LDAP C
> > SDK for windows.
> > the parameters in the SDK is char *, for example:
> > LDAP_API(int) LDAP_CALL ldap_add( LDAP *ld, const char *dn, LDAPMod
> > **attrs );
> >
> > the problem is:
> > (1) if i use Chinese in const char *dn, then the entry can be added to
> > LDAP server,
> > but when i use ldapsearch to check it, i found the dn is strange, like:
> > dn:: Y249suLK1MP7s8YgQiBKZW5zZW4sIGRjPWpldHNlbixkYz1jb20=
> >
> > (2) if i use Chinese in LDAPMod **attrs, for example, set cn to a
> > Chinese string,
> > then, the SDK always return error in code(i used sun ldap_c_sdk
> > 5.08\examples\add.c for
> > testing):
> >
> > if (( rc = ldap_result2error( ld, result, 0 )) == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
> > printf( "Entry added successfully. I counted to %ld "
> > "while waiting.\n", global_counter );
> > } else {
> > printf( "Error while adding entry: %s\n",
> > ldap_err2string( rc ));
> > }
> >
> > the error string is:
> > Error while adding entry: Invalid syntax
> >
> >
> > so, any suggestion?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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