[mapserver-users] MAP File Question

[Daniel Morissette]

Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> 
> I have a question on how CLASSs work in the MAP file. Specifically in
> the following example does the CLASS section work like a switch
> statement int C with a break at each END? Such that if NAME = /^State
> Hwy / then does it skip the rest of the CLASSs. Or such that I could put
> a CLASS at the bottom with no EXPRESSION that could be used as a default
> CLASS if non above were executed?
> 

Yes, you can put a class with no expression at the end to catch any
shape that didn't match any of the previous classes.  If I remember
well, this works only with MapServer 3.5 ... older versions of MapServer
didn't like us doing that (it would crash on the null expression).

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