Mapfile WMS connection string parsing problem for layer names with dots/periods (".")

[Daniel Morissette]

FYI I have been able to reproduce this with the current development 
version and have filed a bug:

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1996

Note that you are using the "old" way of specifying WMS CONNECTIONS. You 
will not get this error if you use the "new" way which uses metadata 
entries to specify all connection settings, e.g.

   LAYER
     NAME "test-test"
     MAXSCALE 5000
     MINSCALE 500
     METADATA
       "wms_name"              "TEST.TEST"
       "wms_server_version"    "1.1.1"
       "wms_format"            "image/png"
       "wms_srs"               "EPSG:32633"
       "wms_onlineresource"    "http://wms.server.org/wms_test?"

       "wms_title" "Test"
       "wms_connectiontimeout" "200"
       "wms_opaque" "1"
     END
     TYPE RASTER
     CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
     PROJECTION
       "init=epsg:32633"
     END
   END #layer


Daniel

Havard Tveite wrote:
> While editing the connection string for my email, I must have
> removed too much.  Sorry!  The problem persists though.
> The "LAYERS=" was there originally:
> 
> CONNECTION 
> "http://wms.server.org/wms_test?VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=TEST.TEST&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/png" 
> 
> 
> Produces the following in the mapserver log file (slightly edited...):
> Thu Jan  4 15:46:17 2007,23090,127.0.0.1,test-wms,0,261498.765626 
> 6621607.187500 262014.390626 6622122.812500,261756.578126 
> 6621865.000000,test ,msBuildWMSLayerURL(): WMS connection error. 
> MapServer supports only WMS 1.0.0 to 1.1.1 (please verify the VERSION 
> parameter in the connection string). <br>
> msOWSParseVersionString(): WMS server error. Invalid version 
> (1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=TEST.TEST&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/png). 
> OWS version must be in the format 'x.y' or 'x.y.z' <br>
> 
> 
> while
> CONNECTION 
> "wms.server.org/wms_test?VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=TEST_TEST&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/png" 
> 
> 
> Gives me an inimage exception ("LAYER with ID TEST_TEST does not exist")
> from the WMS server, as expected.
> 
> 
> To reproduce the error one should only need to create a map file
> with a WMS layer and a connection string that includes a layer name
> with a "." in it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Håvard
> 
> Rahkonen Jukka wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Maybe this is not the reason for your trouble, but shouldn't it in any 
>> case be
>> &LAYERS=TEST.TEST? Now LAYERS seem to be missing from your URL
>>
>> http://wms.server.org/wms_test?VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&TEST.TEST&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/png 
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Jukka-
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: UMN MapServer Users List on behalf of Havard Tveite
>> Sent: Wed 3.1.2007 17:08
>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapfile WMS connection string 
>> parsing problem for layer names with dots/periods (".")
>>  
>> Daniel Morissette wrote:
>>> Just looking at the error message it's not obvious what is really 
>>> happening. Could you share your full layer definition from the 
>>> mapfile? Also, which version of MapServer are you using?
>>
>> Sorry,  I am using:
>> MapServer version 4.10.0 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP 
>> OUTPUT=PDF OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=FREETYPE 
>> SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER 
>> SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=SDE 
>> INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE DEBUG=MSDEBUG
>> OpSys is Solaris 2.7.
>>
>> Layer definition (real WMS server name and layer names removed):
>>    LAYER
>>      NAME "test-test"
>>      MAXSCALE 5000
>>      MINSCALE 500
>>      METADATA
>>        "wms_title" "Test"
>>        "wms_srs" "EPSG:32633"
>>        "wms_connectiontimeout" "200"
>>        "wms_opaque" "1"
>>      END
>>      TYPE RASTER
>>      CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
>>      CONNECTION 
>> "http://wms.server.org/wms_test?VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&TEST.TEST&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/png" 
>>
>>      PROJECTION
>>        "init=epsg:32633"
>>      END
>>    END #layer
>>
>>
>> Håvard
>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>> Havard Tveite wrote:
>>>> I am experiencing problems with a WMS connections where
>>>> layer names contain dots/periods (".").
>>>> Whenever a layer name with a "." appears in the "LAYERS"
>>>> parameter of the WMS connection string, mapserver has
>>>> trouble parsing the connection string.
>>>>
>>>>  From the Mapserver log (connect string is: 
>>>> "http://wms.server.org/wms_test?VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&TEST.TEST&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/png"): 
>>>>
>>>> msOWSParseVersionString(): WMS server error. Invalid version 
>>>> (1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&TEST.TEST&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/png). 
>>>> OWS version must be in the format 'x.y' or 'x.y.z' <br>
>>>>
>>>> If I remove the "." no parsing errors occur.
>>>>
>>>> Are periods/dots (".") allowed in WMS Layer Name?
>>>> If so, is this a bug?
>>>>
>>>
>>
> 


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Daniel Morissette
http://www.mapgears.com/