Query Feature from a database source

[Obe, Regina DND\MIS]

The fields in postgis are lowercase and Mapserver is case sensitive so I
think you have to make [NAME]   [name].  Also you need to put name as a
field output in your subselect.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryce Bangerter [mailto:bryceb at TULGAGAMES.COM] 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:39 PM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Query Feature from a database source


I've been looking at the Itasca demo and see how they query a feature from a
given layer.  I want to be able to do the same when my information is stored
in a database, but I have been unable to figure out how to do so.
 
I have the following layer:
 
LAYER
  NAME Machine_Outlines
  GROUP Machine
  CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
  CONNECTION "host=localhost port=5432 dbname=thedatabase
password=thepassword user=testuser"
  DATA "outline FROM (SELECT instance_id AS id, Translate(outline,
X(position), Y(position), 0) AS outline FROM instance INNER JOIN
primitive_def_footprint ON instance.primitive_def_id =
primitive_def_footprint.primitive_def_id WHERE primitive_type = 'machine')
AS instance USING UNIQUE id USING SRID=-1"
  TYPE POLYGON
  STATUS OFF
  CLASS
    NAME 'Machine'
    OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
    COLOR 192 64 192
    TEMPLATE templates/Machines.html
  END
  
  HEADER "templates/Machines_header.html"
  FOOTER "templates/Machines_footer.html"


END
 
And then Machines.html looks like
<tr><td>[lrn]</td><td>[NAME]</td></tr>
 
What I have been unable to figure out is how to get [NAME] to represent the
column 'name' from the instance table of my database.
 
Bryce Bangerter
 




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