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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=627301716-19012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Jackie,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=627301716-19012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Yes, this is the intended behavior of the
API. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=627301716-19012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Since feature sources can be associated with any provider
(for example, an as yet unknown provider supplied written by xyz)
we do not know before hand what types of files a provider uses. So to
support these providers it is important to allow any file type to be
added to the feature source using SetResourceData.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=627301716-19012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Also note that we also need it to be possible to
associate any data file with the ODBC provider as the files
required depends on which ODBC driver is being used.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=627301716-19012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Tom</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jackie
Ng<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mapguide-users] using Feature
Sources as flat file data stores.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=504260606-19012007>Hi
All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=504260606-19012007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=504260606-19012007>I've been testing
SetResourceData in the Resource API (via mapagent) to see what types of files I
can put into the Feature source. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=504260606-19012007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=504260606-19012007>To my surprise (or
non-knowledge) I can put just about any kind of file in it,
essentially allowing me to use a feature source as a flat-file data store
of sorts.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=504260606-19012007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=504260606-19012007>Was this
functionality intended? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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