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Searches

You can search LDAP directories and ODBC directories. You search an organization using one of the search... methods in the class SmDmsOrganization.

You define a search using the following objects:

• SmDmsSearch to set search parameters such as the search starting point, the maximum number of records to retrieve, and the search filter. The following sections describe the use of this object.
• SmDmsCursor to define optional sorting and paging preferences.

You can specify the search parameters to use when searching the directory. There are two times when you can specify search parameters:

• When you create the search object
• After you create the search object

You can use either option or both options. They are not mutually exclusive.