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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I could see something like this working – at least for the sake of backwards compatibility. I do think it should marking a layer as being queryable should be explicit, so either via TEMPLATE or QUERYABLE (new)
keywords. I know this was discussed over the years but I can’t recall arguments one way or the other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> MapServer-dev <mapserver-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Even Rouault via MapServer-dev<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 27, 2025 7:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Seth G <sethg@geographika.co.uk>; Rahkonen Jukka <jukka.rahkonen@maanmittauslaitos.fi>; MapServer Devs <mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MapServer-dev] Remove requirement for TEMPLATE keyword?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Le 27/01/2025 à 13:34, Seth G via MapServer-dev a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>Thanks Even and Jukka for the feedback,<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>I'd be a bit hesitant about adding a new keyword QUERYABLE as this would require updating a lot of existing Mapfiles. <o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p>We could make it such that setting TEMPLATE still implies QUERYABLE ON if it the later is not set in the 8.x series (with some deprecation warning that in MapServer 9 QUERYABLE should be set?)<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a href="http://www.spatialys.com/">http://www.spatialys.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>My software is free, but my time generally not.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>"De l'égo à l'égoût, il n'y a qu'une bouche mal refermée", André Isaac<o:p></o:p></pre>
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