[mapserver-users] Create Dynamic Pt Layer, then queryByPoint()

[Dan Barron]

Thanks for the reply Erwin.  I tried your suggestion, and was able to 
create the shapefile and dbf file, but still unable to query after turning 
the layer on.  Apache also began crashing on me while trying this test, not 
sure if it was my scripting or not that caused the latter.  I also prefer 
to avoid creating this amount of disk i/o if possible, no additional disk 
i/o would be my goal, seems it should be possible.

Dan

At 02:14 PM 3/3/2002 +0100, E Perik wrote:
>Hi Dan,
>
>Could you not create a new-shapefile of your points and then add this
>'name' in the Map-layer. Then add the new-shapefile to the map through a
>dummy-layer.
>
>I used similar to retrieve a shape-object from an existing shapefile and
>then:
>
>1) Get shapeobject from existing-shapefile (through its index)
>2) Put it in new-shapefile
>3) Create dbf-file with name of new-shapefile
>4) Clear new-shapefile
>5) Add new-layer to map-object (default of this layer is set to OFF)
>6) Show new-layer
>7) Draw the map (now includes newly created shapefile ;-) )
>
>In part 1) yours would differ. Her you create the shape-object (points)
>from the SQL-database. Part 3) is needed, because mapscript does not
>make a dbf-file.
>
>
>Erwin