[Qgis-user] QFIS WFS error msg help please

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Brent,

Odd, I have not seen that exact error before.  But there could be a 
problem with the geometry returned.  Be sure to set the 
"gml_include_items" and "gml_featureid" metadata in your layer in the 
mapfile.  (see examples at https://mapserver.org/ogc/wfs_server.html
  )

Also, here is a proper DescribeFeatureType response, in case that helps 
to see (save response as .xml and open in text editor) 
https://demo.gatewaygeomatics.com/cgi-bin/wfs_gateway?SERVICE=WFS&REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&VERSION=2.0.0&TYPENAMES=ms:park&TYPENAME=ms:park

Oh, and use Richard's great QGIS Network Logger plugin to get your exact 
DescribeFeatureType url (to compare to my server's response above).

Cheers from the east coast of Canada,

-jeff



-- 
Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
https://gatewaygeomatics.com/





On 2020-03-18 7:57 p.m., Brent Wood wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm setting up mapserver to provide WFS services to be consumed by QGIS. 
> The capabilities doc works fine from a browser, and connecting from QGIS 
> I get the available layer listed fine, so QGIS works fine with the WFS 
> to at least get the capabilities doc.
> 
> I get an error when trying to retrieve the layer, and have found a few 
> references but nothing helpful. I need help interpreting the QGIS error 
> before I can attempt to fix the error in the mapfile (if there is one).
> 
> Error msg: (same in QGIS 2.18, 3.4, 3.10)
> 
> 2020-03-19T11:52:38 1 Analysis of DescribeFeatureType response failed 
> for url srsname='EPSG:4326' typename='ms:Specimens' 
> url='http://wellmapsrvdev.niwa.co.nz/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/mapfiles/specify.map' 
> version='auto' table="" sql=: it is probably a schema for Complex Features
> 
>