[mapserver-users] WFS – version related problem

[Stefanie Weykam]

Dear list members,

I am having trouble with parsing the GetCapabilities response from my 
WFS services:

If I send a GetCapabilities-request indicating VERSION=1.0.0 – metadata 
having non ascii characters (like characters with accent) are parsed 
without any problem. But indicating VERSION=1.1.0 or omitting this 
parameter causes a parsing error at the first ‘strange’ character 
encountered.  Is there anything I can do about that?
Both, GetFeature and DescribeFeatureType work just fine with any version.

Question nº 2 – data type is always string:
In response to a DescribeFeatureType request, the server returns data 
type ‘string’ for all fields. I wonder if I can specify the real data 
type somehow?? This would allow thick clients to apply filter 
expressions on this layer.

Mapserver 5.2.1 on Windows (MS4W installation)
The layers are generated from PostGIS tables.

Any comments are appreciated.
Best regards,
Stefanie