[mapserver-users] query templates with Postgis

[Paul Ramsey]

My pseudo-informed guess is that Dave hardcoded a size into his
character handlers, and you just found it. If I am right, he'll have a
fix into the CVS version of mapserver before the end of the day... if I
am wrong, he will chastise me publicly.

"Ellis Robin (Bundaberg)" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         I've got several layers of data exhibiting and querying in a
> recent nightly build of Mapserver. When I do extract attributes from a
> Postgis layer through a standard Mapserver query template I'm only
> getting the first 31 characters from any field returned. This same data
> can be accessed through a PostgreSQL environment revealing all
> characters of reasonably long strings. Also, the same data set accessed
> as a shapefile will return the full string in a standard Mapserver query
> template.
> 
> Am I likely to need to change the config of Mapserver, or is there some
> limitation between Postgis and Mapserver that I won't be able to
> overcome simply?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rob.
> 
> Robin Ellis
> Department of Natural Resources and Mines
> Burnett District
> +61 7 4131 5771
> Robin.Ellis at dnr.qld.gov.au
> 
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