LDAP ADO.NET Provider

The CData ADO.NET Provider for LDAP offers the most natural way to access LDAP data from any .NET application. Simply use LDAP Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the LDAP Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.

Using the LDAP Data Provider

The LDAP Data Provider wraps the complexity of accessing LDAP services in an easy-to-integrate, fully-managed ADO.NET Data Provider. Applications then access LDAP through the LDAP Data Provider with simple Transact-SQL.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for LDAP hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.

The LDAP Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB including: LDAPConnection, LDAPCommand, LDAPDataAdapter, LDAPDataReader, LDAPDataSource, LDAPParameter, and LDAPTransaction. Because of this you can now access LDAP data in an easy, familiar way.

For example:

using (LDAPConnection conn = new LDAPConnection("...")) {
string select = "SELECT * FROM Objects";
LDAPCommand cmd = new LDAPCommand(select, conn);
LDAPDataAdapter adapter = new LDAPDataAdapter(cmd);
using (adapter) {
DataTable table = new DataTable();
adapter.Fill(table);       
...
}
}

More Than Read-Only: Full Update/CRUD Support

LDAP Data Provider goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the LDAP Data Provider as easily as interacting with a database table.

using (LDAPConnection connection = new LDAPConnection(connectionString)) {
LDAPDataAdapter dataAdapter = new LDAPDataAdapter(
"SELECT Id, Where FROM Objects", connection);
 
dataAdapter.UpdateCommand = new LDAPCommand(
"UPDATE Objects SET Where = @Where " +
"WHERE Id = @ID", connection);
 
dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Where", "Where");
dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Id", "80000173-1387137645");
 
DataTable ObjectsTable = new DataTable();
dataAdapter.Fill(ObjectsTable);
 
DataRow firstrow = ObjectsTable.Rows[0];
firstrow["Where"] = "New Location";
 
dataAdapter.Update(ObjectsTable);
}

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Powerful LDAP Application Integration

Using the LDAP Data Provider

Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.

More Than Read-Only: Full Update/CRUD Support