# perldoc > Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult

## NAME
    [Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AControl%3A%3ASortResult/markdown) - Server Side Sort (SSS) result control object

## SYNOPSIS
     use [Net::LDAP::Control::Sort](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AControl%3A%3ASort/markdown);
     use [Net::LDAP::Constant](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AConstant/markdown) qw(LDAP_CONTROL_SORTRESULT);
     use [Net::LDAP::Util](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AUtil/markdown) qw(ldap_error_name);

     $sort = [Net::LDAP::Control::Sort](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AControl%3A%3ASort/markdown)->new(
       order => "cn -age"
     );

     $mesg = $ldap->search( @args, control => [ $sort ]);

     ($resp) = $mesg->control( LDAP_CONTROL_SORTRESULT );

     if ($resp) {
       if ($resp->result) {
         my $attr = $resp->attr;
         print "Problem sorting, ",ldap_error_name($resp->result);
         print " ($attr)"  if $attr;
         print "\n";
       }
       else {
         print "Results are sorted\n";
       }
     }
     else {
       print "Server does not support sorting\n";
     }

## DESCRIPTION
    "[Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AControl%3A%3ASortResult/markdown)" is a sub-class of [Net::LDAP::Control](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AControl/markdown). It provides a class for
    manipulating the LDAP sort request control 1.2.840.113556.1.4.474 as defined in RFC-2891

    A sort result control will be returned by the server in response to a search with a Server Side
    Sort control. If a sort result control is not returned then the user may assume that the server
    does not support sorting and the results are not sorted.

## CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS
    attr
        If "result" indicates that there was a problem with sorting and that problem was due to one
        of the attributes specified in the sort control. "attr" is set to the name of the attribute
        causing the problem.

    result
        This is the result code that describes if the sort operation was successful. If will be one
        of the result codes describes below.

## METHODS
    As with [Net::LDAP::Control](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AControl/markdown) each constructor argument described above is also available as a
    method on the object which will return the current value for the attribute if called without an
    argument, and set a new value for the attribute if called with an argument.

## RESULT CODES
    Possible results from a sort request are listed below. See [Net::LDAP::Constant](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AConstant/markdown) for a definition
    of each.

    LDAP_SUCCESS
    LDAP_OPERATIONS_ERROR
    LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED
    LDAP_STRONG_AUTH_REQUIRED
    LDAP_ADMIN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
    LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE
    LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING
    LDAP_INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS
    LDAP_BUSY
    LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM
    LDAP_OTHER

## SEE ALSO
    [Net::LDAP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP/markdown), [Net::LDAP::Control::Sort](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AControl%3A%3ASort/markdown), [Net::LDAP::Control](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AControl/markdown), <http://ww.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2891.txt>

## AUTHOR
    Graham Barr <<gbarr@pobox.com>>

    Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list
    <<perl-ldap@perl.org>>

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can
    redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.