[Fdo-trac] [fdo-trac] #998: WFS DescribeSchema fails on landvic service

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#998: WFS DescribeSchema fails on landvic service
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 Reporter:  jng           |        Owner:  jng
     Type:  defect        |       Status:  assigned
 Priority:  major         |    Milestone:  4.1.0
Component:  WFS Provider  |      Version:  4.1.0
 Severity:  3             |   Resolution:
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Comment (by jng):

 Found the problem.

 The cause is that the initial DescribeFeatureType response on the WFS
 service is *huge*.

 There are 652 (!!!) WFS layers and the provider is doing a subsequent
 request stitching together all 652 layer names to a GET request, clearly
 exceeding whatever natural limits for a URL.

 In such a case, the `FdoWfsDescribeFeatureType` http handler should be
 smarter and pivot to using a POST request if it is clear that stitching
 the GET request would produce a URL that exceeds 2000 characters.

 Similar logic should apply for the WMS equivalent operation as well.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/ticket/998#comment:2>
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