[mapserver-users] WMS getcapabilities error: invalid character

[Daniel Morissette]

Tyler,

The problem is likely the trailing "&" character in your onlineresource
url.  A bug has been filed about this already:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=139

You can try omitting the trailing "&" and IE should be happier, but that
may not work for all WMS clients.  Until this is fixed, you should also
encode the characters ":" as %3A and "\" as %5C

Daniel


Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> 
> I'm getting this error when I do a getcapabilities to a WMS.  I'm not sure
> that I don't have problems with the map file wms settings, but wondered if
> anyone can shed some light on it for me.  Is it a bogus message or does it
> mean something that my small mind can comprehend?  Is my resource url wrong
> in my map file:
> 
> Mapfile setting:
>     WMS_ONLINERESOURCE "http://localhost/mapserver/mapserv?map=c:
> \inetpub\wwwroot\tyler\demo_test.map&"
> 
> Does it have to be a internet accessible url?
> 
> Here's the error I get (internet exploder).
> 
> -------------------------
> 
> The XML page cannot be displayed
> Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and
> then click the Refresh button, or try again later.
> 
> A name was started with an invalid character. Line 12, Position 97
> 
>   <OnlineResource>http://localhost/mapserver/mapserv?map=c:
> \inetpub\wwwroot\tyler\demo_test.map&</OnlineResource>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^