Search Expression Grammar for ODBC, WinNT and Custom Namespaces

You can search in an ODBC user directory for users, groups, or both. The search is based on attribute-value pairs.

The format of pszSearchPattern is:

[ <class>= ] <value>

In the format example:

<class> is an empty-string or user or group. An empty-string implies user and group.
<value> is a wildcard string.

Returns

Sm_PolicyApi_Success. The lookup was successful.
Sm_PolicyApi_Failure. The user specification lookup failed or memory could not be allocated to Sm_PolicyApi_User_t.
Sm_PolicyApi_NoSession. There is no valid administrator session.
Sm_PolicyApi_InvalidHandle. There was no valid initialization prior to this call.
Sm_PolicyApi_InvalidOid. The user directory OID was not found.
Sm_PolicyApi_UserDirNotValid. There is no connection to the user directory or the user directory provider has not been loaded.