[mapserver-users] Classifying layers from data in a DB

[Vinko Vrsalovic]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 11:12:14AM -0400, Lowell.Filak wrote:
> Usually the simplest is the best to start with.
> If you already have a way to do option 1 that would result in all the data
> being in a single file/place and would cut down on the number of places
> where things could break. After that is working you could do option 2 or
> use mapscript to access the Oracle db directly if the Oracle db is where
> things are updated.

Can I directly through mapscript classify layers from data not present
in the shapefile? With what methods must i experiment with?

I'm already using Mapscript, but i thought (or didn't see how) to
classify from data sets not present in the shapefile.

If that's possible, I'd be very relieved! :-)


Thanks,
 
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Vinko Vrsalovic wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > 	I need some advice about what might be the right path to achieve
> > 	this:
> >
> > 	I have some layers in shapefiles, and I need to classify them
> > 	from data that comes from an Oracle database (without Spatial
> > 	extension).
> >
> > 	I've thought about these solutions:
> >
> > 	1.- Grab the data, and add column(s) to the dbf file of the
> > 	shape, then set the expression and classitem of the layer
> > 	according to the new column(s)

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