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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We’re working with mapserver and PHP mapscript,
we have a build of mapserver that supports Oracle Spatial. We’re using
Oracle 9i. Mostly it is working fine, however we have discovered a fundamental
problem, not sure if this is a know design limitation or not. When we query a
layer that has the connection type "ORACLESPATIAL", if any of the
queried fields has a field VALUE length > 256 characters in any of the
queried records, we get the following error:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“<b>Fatal error</b>:
[MapServer Error]: msOracleSpatialLayerGetShape(): Error: ORA-1406: fetched
column value was truncated . Query statement: SELECT Field1, field2,
field3, Field4, field5, field6, Field7, field8, field9, Field10, field11,
field12, GEOM FROM MyTable WHERE Field1= 9506 .Check your data statement.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This error appears on the line: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>$oShape =
$Layer->getShape($oRes->tileindex,$oRes->shapeindex)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Note that it doesn’t matter what the actual
field length is, if a field is defined as varchar(4000) but the field value is
only 250 characters it will work, but as soon as the value is greater than 256
characters it fails.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is this a known limitation, or a bug? I’m
hoping it can be resolved, because if not it will blow up what was looking like
a fine solution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>------------------------------</span></font><span
lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Mark
Adams</span></font><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Senior
Analyst & Project Manager</span></font><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Cuesta
Systems (DPRA Canada)</span></font><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>5230
South Service Road</span></font><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Burlington,
ON L7L 5K2</span></font><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Phone:
905-333-4544 x14</span></font><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Fax:
905-333-0455</span></font><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Email:
mark.adams@dpra.com</span></font><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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