[mapserver-dev] Possible to use PostGIS as a TILEINDEX to shapefiles?

[Brent Fraser]

I've used a PostGIS layer as a TILEINDEX to raster files, but it doesn't 
seem to work for pointing to shapefiles.

And looking at mapshape.c at line 1901 it checks:

     tlp = (GET_LAYER(layer->map, tSHP->tilelayerindex));

     if(tlp->connectiontype != MS_SHAPEFILE) {
       msSetError(MS_SDEERR, "Tileindex layer must be a shapefile.", 
"msTiledSHPOpenFile()");
       return(MS_FAILURE);
     }


mapraster.c has some logic around line 410 that seems more generic.

I wonder if it would be possible to fix this for 6.0, or is it too late 
now that rc1 is out?

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Best Regards,
Brent Fraser