[mapserver-dev] Documentation of variable-substitution missleading

[Stephan Holl]

Dear mapserver-devs,

while playing with variable-substitution of mapserver I found the docs
under 

http://mapserver.org/cgi/runsub.html

missleading.

I managed to make the validation when changing the *_string into
*_pattern to make it work:

did not work:
METADATA
    'multimedia_validation_string' '^yes|no$'
    'sound_validation_string' '^yes|no$'
    'nseats_validation_string' '^[0-9]{1,2}$'
    '... more metadata ...'
END

did work:
METADATA
    'multimedia_validation_pattern' '^yes|no$'
    'sound_validation_pattern' '^yes|no$'
    'nseats_validation_pattern' '^[0-9]{1,2}$'
    '... more metadata ...'
END

btw, I used the substitution inside the CONNECTION-parameter to swith
databases.

Could you please update the docs.

TIA

	Stephan


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