ldap_delete_extW function (winldap.h)

The ldap_delete_ext function is an extended routine that removes a leaf entry from the directory tree.

Syntax

WINLDAPAPI ULONG LDAPAPI ldap_delete_extW(
  [in]  LDAP          *ld,
  [in]  const PWSTR   dn,
  [in]  PLDAPControlW *ServerControls,
  [in]  PLDAPControlW *ClientControls,
  [out] ULONG         *MessageNumber
);

Parameters

[in] ld

The session handle.

[in] dn

A pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the distinguished name of the entry to delete.

[in] ServerControls

Optional. List of LDAP server controls. If not used, set this parameter to NULL.

[in] ClientControls

Optional. List of client controls. If not used, set this parameter to NULL.

[out] MessageNumber

Message ID for the request.

Return value

If the function succeeds, LDAP_SUCCESS is returned.

If the function fails, an error code is returned. For more information, see Return Values.

Remarks

The ldap_delete_ext function removes a leaf entry from the directory tree. LDAP does not support deletion of entire subtrees in a single operation, however there is an extended control, LDAP_SERVER_TREE_DELETE_OID, used to perform this operation.

The parameters and effects of ldap_delete_ext include those of ldap_delete. The extended routine includes parameters to support client and server controls and thread safety.

If the operation succeeds, ldap_delete_ext passes the message ID to the caller as a parameter when the operation returns successfully. To get the result of the operation, call ldap_result with the message ID.

To have the function return the results directly, use the synchronous routine ldap_delete_ext_s.

Multithreading: Calls to ldap_delete_ext are thread-safe.

Note

The winldap.h header defines ldap_delete_ext as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008
Target Platform Windows
Header winldap.h
Library Wldap32.lib
DLL Wldap32.dll

See also

Extended Controls

Functions

Modifying a Directory Entry

Return Values

Using Controls

ldap_delete

ldap_delete_ext_s

ldap_result