LDAP AD and OU= with a blank

Question

First,
Platform: Windows , APEX 4.0.2, DB 10g Rel 2
I am using custom LDAP for MS Active Directory.
I have to search two user groups (ou), but one of the user group contains a blank, "PANYNJ Users", and the other one is pausers. Currently, I first search pausers and when it is not found, I search "PANYNJ Users". It fails for those users in the "PANYNJ Users" group. I believe it is because it has a blank, and therefore doesn't recognize my search base.
Here is my code:
The global variables are declared as such:
create or replace
PACKAGE      "LDAP" as
     g_host              constant varchar2(255)   := 'TELEIS30.pacorp.panynj.gov';
  g_port          constant NUMBER          := 389;
  g_search_base1   constant VARCHAR2(255)   := 'ou=pausers,dc=pacorp,dc=panynj,dc=gov';
  g_search_base2   constant varchar2(255)   := 'ou=PANYNJ Users,dc=pacorp,dc=panynj,dc=gov';
  g_search_filter constant varchar2(255)   := 'cn=';
     g_exact_dn      constant boolean              := false;
     g_use_ssl       constant boolean              := true;
FUNCTION VOIP_AUTHENTICATION (p_username IN VARCHAR2, p_password IN VARCHAR2) RETURN boolean;
FUNCTION authenticate(p_username IN VARCHAR2, p_password IN VARCHAR2,p_search_base0 IN VARCHAR2)
    RETURN BOOLEAN;
function get_ldap_attribute (p_username IN VARCHAR2, p_password IN VARCHAR2) return varchar2;
procedure GetAllUserAttributes (p_Username in varchar2, p_Password in varchar2);
procedure GetUserAttributes (p_Username in varchar2, p_Password in varchar2, p_attr in varchar2) ;
end ldap;The function is as follows:
FUNCTION VOIP_AUTHENTICATION (p_username in varchar2, p_password in varchar2) return boolean is
v_dummy varchar2(1);
v_boolean boolean;
    l_email VARCHAR2(100);
cursor c_access is  SELECT 'X' FROM VOIP.apex_access_control where admin_username = p_username;
-- authenticate
BEGIN
-- authenticate the user
BEGIN
v_boolean := voip.ldap.authenticate(p_username , p_password ,ldap.g_search_base1);
IF v_boolean
THEN
   null;
ELSE
   VOIP.VOIP_PKG.CREATE_DEBUGGING ('VOIP_AUTHENTICATION',p_username ||'- after authentication - FAILED1');
   v_boolean := voip.ldap.authenticate(p_username , p_password ,ldap.g_search_base2);
   IF v_boolean
   THEN
       VOIP.VOIP_PKG.CREATE_DEBUGGING ('VOIP_AUTHENTICATION',p_username ||'- after authentication - SUCCESS2');
    ELSE
       VOIP.VOIP_PKG.CREATE_DEBUGGING ('VOIP_AUTHENTICATION',p_username ||'- after authentication - FAILED2');
    END IF;
END IF;
exception
when others then
return false;
end;
IF  v_boolean THEN
-- make sure that the username is on the access table
BEGIN
OPEN c_access;
fetch c_access INTO v_dummy;
IF c_access%FOUND THEN
   close c_access;
   RETURN TRUE;
ELSE
   VOIP.VOIP_PKG.CREATE_DEBUGGING ('VOIP_AUTHENTICATION',p_username ||'- after c_access - FAILED');
   close c_access;
   RETURN FALSE;
END IF;
exception
when others then
return false;
end;
   ELSE
        NULL;
  commit;
  return false;
   END IF;
   EXCEPTION
    WHEN others THEN
      return false;
END VOIP_AUTHENTICATION ;How can I make the package recognize PANYNJ Users user group?
THIS IS A PRODUCTION PROBLEM NOW. (The users said it was working, so I put in production not realizing it doesn't work for all users.).
Robert
http://apexjscss.blogspot.com

Answer 1

Hello gurus,
Bumped...
Any gurus experienced in LDAP out there? PLEASE HELP!!!
Robert
http://apexjscss.blogspot.com