Adding And Deleting Attributes Of A Directory Entry - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-DEVELOPING COLDFUSION MX Develop Manual

Reviewing the code
The following table describes the code:
Code
<cfelseif Form.action is "Update">
<cfset attributelist="cn=#Trim
(form.FullName)#;
sn=#Trim(Form.surname)#;
mail=#Trim(Form.email)#;
telephonenumber=#Trim(Form.phone)#">
<cfldap action="modify"
modifytype="replace"
attributes="#attributeList#"
dn="uid=#Trim(Form.UID)#,
ou=People, o=Airius.com"
server=#myServer#
username=#myUserName#
password=#myPassword#>
<cfoutput><h3>Entry for User ID
#Form.UID# has been updated</h3>
</cfoutput>
&nbsp
<input type="Submit"
name="action"
value="Update"
tabindex="9"></td>

Adding and deleting attributes of a directory entry

The following table lists the
attributes in an entry:
Action
Add attribute to entry
Delete attribute from entry
You can add or delete multiple attributes in one statement. To do this, use semicolons to separate
the attributes in the attribute string.
The following example specifies the description and seealso LDAP attributes:
attributes="description=Senior Technical Writer;seealso=writers"
You can change the character that you use to separate values of multivalued attributes in an
attribute string. You can also change the character that separates attributes when a string contains
multiple attributes. For more information, see
semicolon" on page
You can add or delete attributes only if the directory schema defines them as optional for the
entry's object class.
496 Chapter 23: Managing LDAP Directories
tag attributes that you must specify to add and delete LDAP
cfldap
cfldap syntax
dn = "entry dn"
action = "modify"
modifyType = "add"
attributes = "attribname=attribValue[;...]"
dn = "entry dn"
action = "modify"
modifyType = "delete"
attributes = "attribName[;...]"
497.
Description
If the user clicks Update, sets the attribute list
to the form field values and replaces the
attributes for the entry with the specified UID.
Displays a message to indicate that the entry
was updated.
This code replaces all of the attributes in a
form, without checking whether they are blank.
A more complete example would check for
blank fields and either require entered data or
not include the corresponding attribute in the
string.
attributes
Defines the Submit button for the update
action.
"Specifying an attribute that includes a comma or