WMS client request method

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Hi There,

  There is actually no support of wms client post request in mapserver.

Later,

J. Parapar wrote:
> Frank,
> 
> Thanks for the answer.  My problem is with the layers in the client
> mapfile. We have several wms layers but i do not know how to indicate
> to MapServer to make POST requests to the WMS server (instead of GET
> requests). I have found the wfs_request_method parameter but I did not
> find a "wms_request_method".
> 
> I have made some tests and, as WMS Server, MapServer do supports
> URL-encoded POST request.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Jorge
> 
> 2005/11/10, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>:
> 
>>On 11/10/05, J. Parapar <listario at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all
>>>
>>>Is it possible to set the WMS client request method to POST?  We have
>>>a layer with a long SLD_BODY parameter and the web server says that
>>>the request is too long.
>>
>>Jorge,
>>
>>I think POST WMS (and other cgi style requests) have been
>>supported by MapServer for a long time.  I will note that it was
>>only in March 2004 that the code was modified to support
>>posts without CONTENT_LENGTH, but if you are doing this
>>from a browser that should not be an issue.
>>
>>This is really one of the cases where I would encourage you to
>>"just try it" before asking.  If if doesn't work then you can point
>>out your problem on the list.
>>
>>When I was at PCI I used to get questions all the time about
>>whether the software supported a particular format.  My answer
>>was, try "File->Open" on it, did that work?
>>
>>Best regards,
>>--
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>>I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam at pobox.com
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>>
> 
> 
> 

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