.TH LDAP_RESULT 3 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
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+.\" Copyright 1998-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
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.SH NAME
ldap_result \- Wait for the result of an LDAP operation
.LP
A search response is made up of zero or
more search entries, zero or more search references, and zero or
-more extended parital responses followed by a search result. If
+more extended partial responses followed by a search result. If
\fIall\fP is set to 0, search entries will be returned one at a
time as they come in, via separate calls to
.BR ldap_result() .
If it's set to 1, the search
response will only be returned in its entirety, i.e., after all entries,
-all references, all extended parital responses, and the final search
+all references, all extended partial responses, and the final search
result have been received.
.LP
Upon success, the type of the result received is returned and the
-\fIresult\fP parameter will contain the result of the operation. This
+\fIresult\fP parameter will contain the result of the operation;
+otherwise, the \fIresult\fP parameter is undefined. This
result should be passed to the LDAP parsing routines,
.BR ldap_first_message (3)
and friends, for interpretation.