RE: timeout on ldap_simple_bind_s()

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:14 PM
> To: Xu, Qiang (FXSGSC)
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: timeout on ldap_simple_bind_s()
> 
> i think thats kinda common misconception about async calls in libldap.
> they are not I/O async they are simply LDAP level async. ie 
> sync calls send requests and wait for responses before they 
> return and that can take arbitrary amount of time due to what 
> happens with requests on the server side. async libldap calls 
> allow you so send requests then poll for responses at your 
> own pace so if the server takes too much time to process 
> requests you have an option of doing something else or even 
> abandoning such requests if they take way too long. async in 
> this case however does not mean raw I/O level async. we do 
> however have some options, as the one suggested for NSPR/NSS 
> usage, to enforce timeouts on raw I/O level itself.

Then, in what case, do you think the timeout parameter in ldap_result() will take effect, in conjunction with the async ldap_simple_bind()?

Thanks,
Xu Qiang