[Mapserver-users] setFilter expression error

[Nick Petersen-Bergeron]

Interestingly enough, using mapscript 3.6.1, I have the same problem as 
before, so it doesn't look like it's a 4.0 problem.

Nick

At 09:10 AM 8/19/2003 -0400, Lowell Filak wrote:
>Depending on which doc your looking at it may still be in transition.
>Lowell
>
>The following message was sent by Nick Petersen-Bergeron
><bergeron at zedxinc.com> on Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:49:53 -0400.
>
> > Hmmm....the documentation on the mapserver site still has it using
> > setFilter.  I did try changing the query to your method, but got a syntax
> > error.  If this has changed, does anyone know the proper syntax?
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > At 11:07 PM 8/18/2003 +0100, Armin Burger wrote:
> > >Nick,
> > >
> > >this method has changed in MS 4:
> > >
> > >You don't use any more the setFilter() and put everything into the
> > >queryByAttributes() function. Should be something like
> > >
> > >$countyLayer->queryByAttributes('NAME','leflore', $mapscript::MS_SINGLE);
> > >
> > >(I believe the query item has to be in upper case for shapefiles and
> > >without the brackets)
> > >
> > >This way I think you cannot use any longer more than one query item.
> > >
> > >Armin
> > >
> > >
> > > > I'm trying to run a queryByAttribute on a layer.  I've set up the
> > >following
> > > > filter expression:
> > >
> > > > $countyLayer->setFilter("('[Name]' = 'leflore')");
> > >
> > > > searching for the string leflore.
> > > > I then run the queryByAttributes;
> > >
> > > > $countyLayer->queryByAttributes($map,$mapscript::MS_SINGLE);
> > >
> > > > This produces the following error:
> > > > Mon Aug 18 16:17:06 2003 - msyyparse(): Expression parser error. parse
> > >error
> > > > Mon Aug 18 16:17:06 2003 - msQueryByAttributes(): Search returned no
> > > > results. No matching record(s) found.
> > >
> > > > However, I can't really see anything wrong with my expression.  I'm
> > >using
> > > > mapscript 4.0.  Any ideas?
> > >
> > > > Nick Petersen-Bergeron
> > > > System Administrator
> > >
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Nick Petersen-Bergeron
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