[Mapserver-users] Re: template dummy?

Tue Jun 22 15:29:32 EDT 2004

You need to have a TEMPLATE tag or the layer will not be queried. If you 
already have one then no problem. I use mapscript and don't use HTML 
templates so my file all say TEMPLATE 'dummy' where 'dummy' is a none 
existent file, just to keep mapserver happy.

So, I'm not sure what the problem is then. You might want to post your 
LAYER definition so people can review it and comment. Did this work in 
earlier versions of mapserver and just now break on 4.2?

-Steve W.

Chris Helm wrote:

> Sorry for my lack of knowledge, but what do mean by
> TEMPLATE 'dummy'.  My template is a seperate html file
> that simply contains the names of the attribute fields
> in the dbf.  For the most part it looks like:
> 
> <html>
> <table>
> <tr><td>[AREA]</td><td>[PERIMETER]</td>...and so on
> </table>
> </html> 
> 
> If i understand you correctly it seems that ill create
> a seperate layer whose only purpose will be to query
> the dbf of my polygon layer. But what does the dummy
> template look like opposed to mine?
> 
> 
> I'll try it out and see what I get
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> C. W. Helm
> 
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