Pretty basic info on associative arrays:
http://www.novell.com/communities/node/3144/build-your-own-scripts-manipulate-ldif-exports-part-1

WHO knew there is an LDAP console
http://www.novell.com/communities/node/2876/ldap-console

This guy has some good posts:
http://www.novell.com/communities/user/3740/track