mapserver and database connectivity.

[Nathan Carr]

	I too am interested in this functionality. Have been looking at
wrapping
mapserver with SWIG, so I could use perl DBI to access database tables.
This seems a bit
confusing as there is quite a bit of libraries and structures to
include.
 
Alternatively would it be possible to extend the JOIN functionality for
joining DBF
files to join MySQL/PostGres type tables? 

Cheerio, nathan

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Second this question.  We are looking at building similar functionality,
> but with PHP.  When we discover any info. re. this, we will post it.
> Perhaps Steve has some insight?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jim
> 
> Robert Chavez wrote:
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I am wondering if it is possible to send information to mapserver from a
> > database (PostGresql).
> >
> >  I'm using the Pg perl module to build a web interface to my PostGres
> > database so users can query and display the data set.  The next logical step
> > would be to send the results to Mapserver somehow and plot them on my
> > basemap -- or perhaps create a tranparent gif of the coordinates that could
> > be overlayed on the base map.  Has anyone had any experience  with this sort
> > of functionality?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob Chavez
> 
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