Hi,<br><br>I just wanted to update what solved my problem, it may help for somebody else. <br><br>I had given the substitution variable inside parentheses and it worked.<br><br><b>Not working :</b> EXPRESSION ([TOTPOP1] &gt;= %V1% AND [TOTPOP1] &lt; %V2%)<br>

<br><b>Working : </b>EXPRESSION ([TOTPOP1] &gt;= (%V1%) AND [TOTPOP1] &lt; (%V2%))<br><br>I am using ms4w (tested with version 3 and  version 3.0.4 ) from <a href="http://maptools.org">maptools.org</a>. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:Steve.Lime@state.mn.us" target="_blank">Steve.Lime@state.mn.us</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

I&#39;m going to try a copy of the mapfile here and see what happens... Will report back later today.<br>
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Steve<br>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8:36 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org">mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Problem with Variable Substitution for EXPRESSION<br>
<br>
Hello,<br>
<br>
If I was in your situation, I would follow Steve&#39;s advice and test it<br>
through the commandline (mapserv -nh QUERY_STRING=&quot;blah&quot;) to test your<br>
request in normal CGI mode.<br>
<br>
Then if all else fails, create a very small one layer mapfile with a<br>
tiny data file and package that with a requests.txt file, and submit<br>
that to the MapServer Issue Tracker, or event point to it here on the list.<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Jeff McKenna<br>
MapServer Consulting and Training Services<br>
<a href="http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 11-11-22 5:25 AM, Prabu Raja wrote:<br>
&gt; Hi Steve / Daniel,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I am using ms4w from <a href="http://maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml" target="_blank">http://maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml</a> in Windows 7.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Following is my map file content.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; MAP<br>
&gt; NAME ms_sql<br>
&gt; IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255<br>
&gt; # default output image dimensions<br>
&gt; SIZE 256 256<br>
&gt; # Is the map active? Sometimes you may wish to turn this off to<br>
&gt; # use only the reference map or scale bar.<br>
&gt; STATUS ON<br>
&gt; CONFIG &quot;MS_ERRORFILE&quot; &quot;\var\Map\error.txt&quot;<br>
&gt; DEBUG 0<br>
&gt; # set top level projection<br>
&gt; PROJECTION<br>
&gt; &quot;init=epsg:4326&quot;<br>
&gt; END<br>
&gt; # image format options<br>
&gt; OUTPUTFORMAT<br>
&gt;    NAME &quot;png&quot;<br>
&gt;    DRIVER AGG/PNG<br>
&gt;        MIMETYPE &quot;image/png&quot;<br>
&gt;        IMAGEMODE RGBA<br>
&gt;        EXTENSION &quot;png&quot;<br>
&gt;    TRANSPARENT ON<br>
&gt;        FORMATOPTION &quot;GAMMA=0.75&quot;<br>
&gt;     END<br>
&gt; EXTENT -180 -90 180 90 # World<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     LAYER<br>
&gt;        VALIDATION<br>
&gt; &#39;V1&#39; &#39;^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+$&#39;<br>
&gt; &#39;V2&#39; &#39;^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+$&#39;<br>
&gt; &#39;V3&#39; &#39;^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+$&#39;<br>
&gt; &#39;V4&#39; &#39;^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+$&#39;<br>
&gt; &#39;V5&#39; &#39;^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+$&#39;<br>
&gt; &#39;V6&#39; &#39;^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+$&#39;<br>
&gt;        END<br>
&gt;        NAME &quot;state&quot;<br>
&gt;        TYPE polygon<br>
&gt;        STATUS ON<br>
&gt;        CONNECTIONTYPE POSTGIS<br>
&gt;        CONNECTION &quot;host=localhost dbname=pollutionmap user=***<br>
&gt; password=***   port=5432&quot;<br>
&gt;        DATA &quot;wkb_geometry FROM  (SELECT ogc_fid AS<br>
&gt; oid, wkb_geometry, totpop1 FROM state_tst) AS SUBQUERY using unique oid&quot;<br>
&gt;        PROCESSING &quot;CLOSE_CONNECTION=DEFER&quot;<br>
&gt;        CLASSITEM &quot;totpop1&quot;<br>
&gt;        OPACITY 100<br>
&gt;        CLASS<br>
&gt;           EXPRESSION ([TOTPOP1] &gt;= %V1% AND [TOTPOP1] &lt; %V2%)<br>
&gt;           STYLE<br>
&gt;              COLOR 255 108 118<br>
&gt;              OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255<br>
&gt;           END<br>
&gt;        END<br>
&gt;        CLASS<br>
&gt;           EXPRESSION ([TOTPOP1] &gt;= %V2% AND [TOTPOP1] &lt; %V3%)<br>
&gt;           STYLE<br>
&gt;              COLOR 254 189 75<br>
&gt;              OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255<br>
&gt;           END<br>
&gt;        END<br>
&gt;        CLASS<br>
&gt;           EXPRESSION ([TOTPOP1] &gt;= %V3% AND [TOTPOP1] &lt; %V4%)<br>
&gt;           STYLE<br>
&gt;              COLOR 254 247 46<br>
&gt;              OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255<br>
&gt;           END<br>
&gt;        END<br>
&gt;        CLASS<br>
&gt;           EXPRESSION ([TOTPOP1] &gt;= %V4% AND [TOTPOP1] &lt; %V5%)<br>
&gt;           STYLE<br>
&gt;              COLOR 39 251 114<br>
&gt;              OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255<br>
&gt;           END<br>
&gt;        END<br>
&gt;        CLASS<br>
&gt;           EXPRESSION ([TOTPOP1] &gt;= %V5% AND [TOTPOP1] &lt;= %V6%)<br>
&gt;           STYLE<br>
&gt;              COLOR 108 111 205<br>
&gt;              OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255<br>
&gt;           END<br>
&gt;        END<br>
&gt;     END<br>
&gt; END<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Below are the url&#39;s through I am trying to generate map<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <a href="http://localhost/fcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/var/Map/State.map&amp;layers=state&amp;mode=map&amp;V1=60650.45&amp;V2=33288104.54&amp;V3=66515558.222&amp;V4=99743012.123&amp;V5=132970466.455&amp;V6=166197921.245" target="_blank">http://localhost/fcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/var/Map/State.map&amp;layers=state&amp;mode=map&amp;V1=60650.45&amp;V2=33288104.54&amp;V3=66515558.222&amp;V4=99743012.123&amp;V5=132970466.455&amp;V6=166197921.245</a><br>


&gt; &lt;<a href="http://localhost/fcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/var/Map/State.map&amp;layers=state&amp;mode=map&amp;V1=60650.45&amp;V2=33288104.54&amp;V3=66515558.222&amp;V4=99743012.123&amp;V5=132970466.455&amp;V6=166197921.245" target="_blank">http://localhost/fcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/var/Map/State.map&amp;layers=state&amp;mode=map&amp;V1=60650.45&amp;V2=33288104.54&amp;V3=66515558.222&amp;V4=99743012.123&amp;V5=132970466.455&amp;V6=166197921.245</a>&gt;<br>


&gt;<br>
&gt; <a href="http://localhost/fcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/var/Map/State.map&amp;layers=state&amp;mode=map&amp;V1=60650&amp;V2=33288104&amp;V3=66515558&amp;V4=99743012&amp;V5=132970466&amp;V6=166197921" target="_blank">http://localhost/fcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/var/Map/State.map&amp;layers=state&amp;mode=map&amp;V1=60650&amp;V2=33288104&amp;V3=66515558&amp;V4=99743012&amp;V5=132970466&amp;V6=166197921</a><br>


&gt; &lt;<a href="http://localhost/fcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/var/Map/State.map&amp;layers=state&amp;mode=map&amp;V1=60650&amp;V2=33288104&amp;V3=66515558&amp;V4=99743012&amp;V5=132970466&amp;V6=166197921" target="_blank">http://localhost/fcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/var/Map/State.map&amp;layers=state&amp;mode=map&amp;V1=60650&amp;V2=33288104&amp;V3=66515558&amp;V4=99743012&amp;V5=132970466&amp;V6=166197921</a>&gt;<br>


&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Accessing through above 2 url gives &#39;500 Internal Server Error&#39;.<br>
&gt; No error message in mapserver log.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Following error message logged in apache error log.<br>
&gt; [warn] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 109)The pipe has been ended.  : mod_fcgid:<br>
&gt; get overlap result error<br>
&gt; [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers: mapserv.exe<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; And following was logged in appache access log<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; GET<br>
&gt; /fcgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/var/Map/State.map&amp;layers=state&amp;mode=map&amp;V1=60650.45&amp;V2=33288104.54&amp;V3=66515558.222&amp;V4=99743012.123&amp;V5=132970466.455&amp;V6=166197921.245<br>
&gt; HTTP/1.1&quot; 500 533<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards,<br>Prabu Raja<br><br>