highlighting one polygon

[Armin Burger]

Alex,
maybe have a look at
http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/mapserver_demos/tests/itemquery/test.html
case 3 or 4 should be like that what you're looking for.

Armin

At 18/02/01, 07:53, Alexspringer at aol.com wrote:
>Using mapserver cgi, I need this feature and cannot determine how to
>implement:
>
>I want to enable the user to type into a box on the screen the value (say
>Smith) of a field (say NAME) that is believed to exist in a dbf record
>corresponding to a shape file.  I then want the display to show that layer
>and have highlighted the polygon corresponding to the dbf record with some
>special color that I have set.
>
>Can anyone help me with a sample of what the code would appear like in the
>.map and .htm to enable this feature?  Thank you.