[mapserver-dev] non spatial tables and WFS

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

Hey Tom,

if a spatial filter is used then we would just return the full 
dataset/table (so ignore the spatial filter), at least that seems the 
most logical to me.

Best regards,
Bart

Steve Lime wrote:
> I was thinking about this last night and I remembered that is was the query piece that gave
> me pause earlier. Since JOINs are not applied when rendering or querying one couldn't use
> those attributes in queries. Maybe that's not a huge deal.
>
> For non-spatial tables we'd almost need a new layer type, "TYPE TABLE" and then would need
> to behave accordingly.
>
> Steve
>
>   
>>>> On 7/22/2008 at 5:19 PM, in message
>>>>         
> <2DC5CCA14756424BBBEE8B4B2E4A682F036CF454 at ecburexch1.ontario.int.ec.gc.ca>,
> "Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]" <Tom.Kralidis at ec.gc.ca> wrote:
>
>   
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
>>> [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Steve Lime
>>> Sent: 22 July, 2008 5:28 PM
>>> To: mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org; Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)
>>> Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] non spatial tables and WFS
>>>
>>> Do you mean attribute tables JOINed to spatial data? If so 
>>> then that would be a relatively easy addition I think. I 
>>> remember looking into it when much of the gml work was done 
>>> but I don't recall what stopped me. I believe Tom K. was 
>>> interested in something similar.
>>>
>>>       
>> I agree this would be valuable (esp JOINed).  Having said this, what
>> would happen if spatial queries are passed against the non-spatial
>> dataset?  How would this affect advertising the dataset as a FeatureType
>> in a WFS, which advertises Filter Capabilities, or which MapServer
>> provides many spatial functions.
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>       
>>>>>> On 7/22/2008 at 2:19 PM, in message 
>>>>>>             
>>> <488632DA.706 at osgis.nl>, "Bart 
>>>       
>>>>>> van den
>>>>>>             
>>> Eijnden (OSGIS)" <bartvde at osgis.nl> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi list,
>>>>
>>>> one of the features I've been missing in Mapserver WFS is 
>>>>         
>>> the ability 
>>>       
>>>> to serve out non spatial / administrative tables using WFS, 
>>>>         
>>> something 
>>>       
>>>> that Geoserver does support.
>>>>
>>>> Would this be easy to add in Mapserver or not? Are there any known 
>>>> workarounds that might work out of the box already?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Bart
>>>>         
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Bart van den Eijnden
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