SQL Server 2000 & Active Directory: Problems querying

"James Allan" <james@allan-home.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2f66e2a4.0308040526.a0be98a@posting.google.co m...[color=blue]
> Hello --
>
> I'm trying to get SQL Server 2000 on a Windows 2000 Server to be able
> to query an Active Directory. We've got two domain servers one Win2000
> and one Win2003. However, I'm having problems:
>
> I've run the following query to setup the linked server:
>
> sp_addlinkedserver 'ADSI', 'Active Directory Service Interfaces',
> 'ADSDSOObject', 'adsdatasource'
>
> Using Enterprise Manager I've changed the login details for the ADSI
> linked server to:
>
> Be made using the following security context:
> Username: MyDomain\Administrator
> Password: ****
>
> I've then tried to run the following query in Query Analyzer:
>
> SELECT * FROM
> OpenQuery(
> ADSI,
>[/color]
'<LDAP://CN=Users,DC=MyDomain,DC=com>;(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=
User));name,adspath'[color=blue]
> )
>
> But get the following error message:
> Could not execute query against OLE DB provider 'ADSDSOObject'.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on what this message means or how to get
> this working?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> James Allan
> james [at] allan-home.co.uk[/color]

From searching on Google, it seems some people have managed to get this to
work. However, this posting from an MS engineer seems to indicate that the
provider isn't supported in SQL Server:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...%40cpmsftngxa06

Simon

You might try changing your LDAP query just a little, the linked server
syntax is fine.

SELECT [Name],SN[Last Name]
FROM OPENQUERY( ADSI,
'SELECT Name,SN FROM ''LDAP://servername.domainname.com/CN=Users,
DC=domainname,DC=com''
WHERE objectCategory = ''Person'' AND objectClass = ''user'' order by
name')

This is pulling from a container called users, only the class and
category of user. If you have users in seperate OU's you would specify
them by 'OU='

NOTE: I changed the DNS info, you will have to input yours.

HTH

Ray Higdon MCSE, MCDBA, CCNA

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