[mapserver-users] Re: Mapscript

[Dave Blasby]

> I guess the best ones to answer this question are the developers of the
> SDO, SDE, and/or PostGIS connections:  Do the database-based connections
> in MapServer have any equivalent of a shape_id?  If not then what should
> one do to retrieve the shapes returned by a queryByPoint() in MapScript
> for instance?

PostGIS uses the system "oid" (Object ID) column.  Each row in the
database has a unique
"oid".  Its not the most efficient way, but its always available.

dave