I have the same issue as Abi when I try to query the postOfficeBox :

SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET(
‘AdsDsoObject’
,’ADSI Flag=0×11;Page Size=10000′
,’SELECT postOfficeBox
,sn FROM
”LDAP://FOOBAR/DC=FOO,DC=COM”’)

Could not convert the data value due to reasons other than sign mismatch or overflow

Have any idea ?

a+, =)
-=Clement=-

I’ve wondered about modifying Active Directory using an SQL query myself but I haven’t found a way to do it and I’m not sure if it’s even possible.

I was wondering, how can I populate a table and then edit the data from Active Directory, so by changing values in a field, I can then update it and Active Directory will be modified, Its so I can manage AD from a website I am building for a school project!

Thanks,

Lawrence

when I include this in my query I get the error Cannot get the current row value of column “[ADsDSOObject].otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber” from OLE DB provider “ADsDSOObject” for linked server “ADSI”. Could not convert the data value due to reasons other than sign mismatch or overflow.

I believe you can specify the OU in the FROM like this:

SELECT *
FROM OPENQUERY (ADSI,
‘SELECT displayName, groupType, mail, name, info, whenChanged, whenCreated
FROM ”LDAP://OU=Marketing, DC=domain,DC=com”
WHERE objectClass = ”group”’)

Haven’t tested it though.

regards

You can cause all kinds of problems (especially with Exchange) if you increase the maxPageSize.

It looks like you will need to change the value of the MaxPageSize attribute in Active Directory:

MaxPageSize – This value controls the maximum number of objects that are returned in a single search result, independent of how large each returned object is. To perform a search where the result might exceed this number of objects, the client must specify the paged search control. This is to group the returned results in groups that are no larger than the MaxPageSize value. To summarize, MaxPageSize controls the number of objects that are returned in a single search result.

Default value: 1,000

Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315071&sd=tech