MySQL or Oracle queries...

[dylan]

Hi --

i am doing a similar thing with soils data.

i use a mapserver query template that has a re-direct to a php page that
does all of the processing of the query via a unique mapunit ID.

let me know if you are interested in the details.

Cheers!

Dylan

on 04.9.22 1:14 PM, William Bulley at web at UMICH.EDU was reported to have
writen:

> I am new to MapServer so please bear with me...
>
> The main MapServer home page makes reference to a feature
> of MapServer that would allow queries to a database like
> MySQL or Oracle no doubt through Perl's DBI module.
>
> My interest is not obtaining points to plot from a table
> in a database, but rather tabular or scalar information
> about a map feature (height of a building, address of a
> store, etc.) that might be selected by a MapServer user.
>
> I am no where near being able to attempt this at my level
> of MapServer knowledge today, but if it is possible to do
> this, could someone point me to a chunk of documentation
> or a WWW page for more information?
>
> I assume that something like this would need to be done
> using MapScript (Perl?) if at all.
>
> Regards,
>
> web...
>
> --
> William Bulley                     Email: web at umich.edu
>