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Using LDAP with ColdFusion

Last update:
May 18, 2026
The cfldap tag extends the ColdFusion query capabilities to LDAP network directory services. The cfldap tag lets you use LDAP in many ways, such as the following:
  • Create Internet White Pages so users can locate people and resources and get information about them.
  • Provide a front end to manage and update directory entries.
  • Build applications that incorporate data from directory queries in their processes.
  • Integrate applications with existing organizational or corporate directory services. The cfldap tag action attribute supports the following operations on LDAP directories:
Action
Description
query
Returns attribute values from a directory.
add
Adds an entry to a directory.
delete
Deletes an entry from a directory.
modify
Adds, deletes, or changes the value of an attribute in a directory entry.
The following table lists the attributes that are required and optional for each action. For more information on each attribute, see the cfldap tag in the CFML Reference.
Action
Required attributes
Optional attributes
query
server, name, start, attributes
port, username, password, timeout, secure, rebind, referral, scope, filter, sort, sortControl, startRow, maxRows, separator, delimiter
add
server, dn, attributes
port, username, password, timeout, secure, rebind, referral, separator, delimiter
delete
server, dn
port, username, password, timeout, secure, rebind, referral
modify
server, dn, attributes
port, username, password, timeout, secure, rebind, referral, modifyType, separator, delimiter
modifyDN
server, dn, attributes
port, username, password, timeout, secure, rebind, referral

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