<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">H</span>i All,</div><div><br></div><div>I've got a layer like this:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">    </span>LAYER</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">              </span>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                                        </span>"country"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">          </span>STATUS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                                      </span>DEFAULT</div>
<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">             </span>TYPE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                                        </span>POLYGON</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">              </span>UNITS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                                       </span>METERS</div>
<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">             </span>CONNECTIONTYPE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                      </span>POSTGIS</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">              </span>CONNECTION<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                          </span>"..................."</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">              </span>DATA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                                        </span>"geom FROM view_country_en USING UNIQUE oid USING SRID=4326"</div><div><br>
</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">          </span>PROCESSING<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                          </span>"LABEL_NO_CLIP=ON"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">         </span>PROCESSING<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                          </span>"CLOSE_CONNECTION=DEFER"</div>
<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">             </span>PROJECTION</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                   </span>"init=epsg:4326"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">           </span>END</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">              </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">             </span>LABELITEM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                           </span>"sname"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">              </span>SYMBOLSCALEDENOM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">            </span>15000000</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">             </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">              </span>CLASS</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                        </span>STYLE</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                                </span>COLOR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                       </span>230 230 220</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                      </span>END</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                 </span>LABEL</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                                </span>MINSIZE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                     </span>7</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                              </span>MAXSIZE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                     </span>24</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                           </span>ANGLE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                       </span>[angle]</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                              </span>PRIORITY<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                    </span>[priority]</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                           </span>COLOR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                       </span>0 0 0</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                              </span>OUTLINECOLOR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>255 255 240</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                          </span>OUTLINEWIDTH<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                </span>2</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                              </span>TYPE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                        </span>TRUETYPE</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                             </span>ENCODING<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">            </span>"UTF-8"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                              </span>FONT<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                        </span>"arial-bold"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                               </span>SIZE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                                </span>24</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                              </span>BUFFER<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                      </span>5</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                            </span>POSITION<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                    </span>AUTO</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                              </span>PARTIALS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                    </span>FALSE</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                                </span>WRAP<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                        </span>" "</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                              </span>ALIGN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                       </span>CENTER</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                               </span>MAXLENGTH<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">           </span>0</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                              </span>MINFEATURESIZE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span>AUTO</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                 </span>END</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">              </span>END</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>END</div><div><br></div><div>At scale 1:1693, the map appears normally (1693.png). While zoomed in to 1:846, the country layers is gone (8461.jpg). But if I comment out the line SYMBOLSCALEDENOM line, or change the it to a smaller number, the country layer is rendered normally (8462.jpg).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Why?</div><div><br></div>